Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice - a Disaster
On 5/19/11 Annazette Collins (D-Chicago) passes a bill that implies 'Judges don't send youth to DJJ.' http://12.43.67.138/index.php/sen-acollins-home/1963-measure-passes-senate-to-protect-juveniles?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dd5601592b6cc80,0
The Department of Juvenile Justice was designed but never funded in order to be built as designed. It was designed to provide more services and opportunities for the incarcerated youth of Illinois. Rather than increase staff numbers to provide quality programs and services staff is at an all time low. The critical staff especially low and the new administration has no background regarding this population.It appears most of the administration either came from agencies that had previously used the Juvenile Division for the dumping grounds for youth they could not control (how they would fix the department?) or they came from outside the field.
So DJJ was Designed but never funded - dismantled an imperfect department/system that worked for the most part (better than DJJ has) and replaced it with a disaster - everyone lost on this deal.
DJJ should merge back with DOC, save administrative cost and Juvenile Justice Reform answers must be found for the youth pre-incaration. Put DJJ back in with DOC and then working with the communities put it out of business.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Senator Enzi Says Boeing Complaint by NLRB ‘Not the Way to Encourage Jobs in U.S.’
-By Warner Todd Huston
During a hearing last week on middle class employment, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said that the Obama Administration’s policies are costing America good, middle class jobs.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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