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Who's Minding Troubled Youths?
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This week, I obtained a confidential 2006 Rehabilitation Services annual fatality report prepared by the D.C. Child Fatality Review Committee. It noted a "high number" of cases in which youths assigned to the department were released to the community without adequate risk assessments, support services or monitoring. The report called for several changes.
During our meeting, Schiraldi, a top-tier juvenile justice expert, outlined a number of restructured department policies and procedures.
Still, the department's handling of juvenile offenders demands scrutiny.
D.C. residents need assurance that Schiraldi's department respects public safety first. Nothing less than an independent case-by-case review of the agency's placement decisions since 2006 will do.
And for goodness sake, find those missing 46 kids before they, or we, end up as crime statistics.
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