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NY youth center staffed at $1.7M cost, but no kids

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

NY youth center staffed at $1.7M cost, but no kids Associated Press - October 24, 2008 1:05 PM ET SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - New York, buffeted by the economic meltdown and facing billions in deficits, is spending $1.7 million in taxpayer money to keep open and staff a western New York juvenile detention facility that has no residents. The Great Valley Residential Center in Cattaraugus County was chosen for closure by the Office of Children and Family Services in January of this year, but was saved by state lawmakers during budget negotiations in April. OCFS officials say there are fewer youth now in the state system - nearly 500 empty beds - as the agency moves from a residential model toward a more community-based approach. An OCFS official described the situation at Great Valley as "absurd," blaming lawmakers and union leaders for the incredulous circumstances...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 25, 2008 (boomark / email).