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Schiraldi tapped to run NYC probation

Congrats to Vincent Schiraldi, the juvie probation chief in Washington D.C. who was just tapped to head the probation department in New York City. See this Washington Post story on his new job.I got to know Vinnie a little when he ran the Justice Policy Institute out of D.C. and helped us in Texas advocate for what turned out to be landmark probation reforms in 2003 and 2005. Indeed, JPI's 2000 public policy report "Texas Tough" (pdf) was an early precursor to the debates that led to Texas' later probation reforms.I always respected Vinnie's smarts and his pragmatism. I last spoke to him shortly after he accepted the job in D.C., and he told me this was his chance to "put my money where my mouth is." Having previously worked as an advocate, he was thrust into the role of managing a juvie probation department in a major American city with serious and notorious crime problems...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 01, 2009 (boomark / email).