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NY: Juvenile Prison stays open with 155 workers and 6 young men and a NY Times Editorial: "Real Justice for Juveniles"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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June 8, 2010 155 Workers, 6 Young Men, 1 Fiscal Mess By JIM DWYER NY Times Every day brings dreadful news of some worthy cause that is going to be cut because government budgets are being hit with cannonballs. Today, for a change, we present some causes worthy of being cut. Take, for instance, a place called the Tryon Residential Center, run by the state agency in charge of juvenile justice. It is a place for children who get into trouble. State records show that 155 public employees are assigned to the boys section at Tryon. They oversee a total of six young men, lodged in a place that few people believe should exist anymore, and that is scheduled to be shut down by the end of the year. Yet Tryon will remain completely staffed because the state is tied in a knot: two governors ago, the state promised public employee unions that it would give one year?s notice before shutting down juvenile detention centers or adult prisons...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 11, 2010 (boomark / email).