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Today's "storm" is expected to be nothing more than a dusting for us snow vets. And yet that extra inch or two of snow will only make digging out my car that much more difficult. Yes, I have one of the few cars that are still completely buried in snow. I'm waiting for shovels to [...]
"This is the anti-prison."
—Vincent Schiraldi, director of youth rehabilitation services, May 29
Vincent Schiraldi, the controversial head of the District's Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, will head the New York City probation department. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Schiraldi's appointment at a city hall press conference this morning.
The move brings to an end Schiraldi's long and contentious tenure here in the District. An outspoken advocate of [...]
A day after local poo-bahs at DYRS opened its New Beginnings Youth Center, a New Beginnings inmate escaped.
With much fanfare, the facility replaced the infamous Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. Officials had trumpeted its very un-jail like citing; local media had repeatedly compared it to a college campus. "This is the anti-prison," Vincent N. Schiraldi, [...]
On Friday, I attended Positive Nature's organized conference on vulnerable children and families. The event, held among several conference rooms at the convention center, was also put together with the Department of Mental Health and the DC Children & Youth Investment Trust Corporation. The bigwigs from CFSA, DMH, DYRS and DCPS showed up and gave [...]
This morning, LL was all over Fenty's announced District gov job cuts. Our aggressive political scribe reported: "Of the remaining 776 employees the mayor is proposing to lay off, 250 are in DCPS—mostly teachers aides and support staff, Tangherlini says." This may not seem like scary news, but it is.
I know what your thinking: teachers [...]
On Saturday, Colby King wrote another column addressing youth violence and the problems with DYRS. In his column, he spoke for journalists all over—but especially here in the District—about all those columns getting zero respect from the people that could actually fix the juvenile justice system. In other words, he's spilled a lot of ink [...]
