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Search results for "Youth Authority" ...
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The death of Keisha
The author investigated the death of LaKeisha Brown in the custody of Alexander Youth Services Center. The girl's repeated requests for help over a period of days were brushed off by nurses at the juvenile lockup, and they were by the facility supervisors. The only medical attention she received the day of her death was some Advil and a puff of her inhaler. The medical examiner found that Keisha had died a slow death from blood clots in her lungs that had been there for a minimum of two days and up to two weeks.
Tags: juvenile facilities; Department of Justice; LaKeisha Brown; medical intervention; Youth Services; FOIA
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Failed 9-1-1
A 19 year old Hillsborough County youth died from an asthma attack because an enhanced 9-1-1 system, required by law and paid for by customers, was not in place. The authors also found that the fire rescue back-up systems were not in place.
Tags: emergency services; Hillsborough County; public safety; enhanced 9-1-1 system
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Where Hope is Locked Away: California's Youth Prisons. A Mercury News Special Report.
This series examines California's failing youth prison system. The state pledged that all youth would receive counseling and rehabilitative treatment, but it seems like the system is too flawed to keep those promises. Now, tear gas, gang violence, and fear are much more common than progress. The reporters specifically focused on five issues: education, treatment, sentencing, parole and alternatives. They compare the California system to better ones in Texas and Missouri.
Tags: Youth Authority; juvenile delinquents; abuse; sex offenders; therapy; mental health; rehabilitation; drugs
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Losing Christopher
The Oregonian's three-day series on 14-year-old Christopher Hutchinson, whose "mental illness is so severe his family fears he will hurt someone, but his care falls through the cracks of the state mental health system."
Tags: mental health; mentally ill children; Oregon; state mental health system; juvenile justice system; youth prisons; juvenile violence; Oregon Youth Authority
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Juvenile Justice
Tulsa World reports on how Oklahoma juvenile criminals are evaluated, treated and returned to society. The findings are based on public records, court databases and "unprecedented access to the juvenile court and treatment process," the authors report. One story describes a highly successful program, called STARS, for troubled youth. Another part of the series looks at the process of establishing a juvenile sex offender registry. Branstetter and Morgan conclude that " a brush with the law usually is enough to redirect a teenager in trouble."
Tags: CAR; crime; sex offenders; children; teenagers; probation; law enforcement; police; judges; prosecutors; drugs; alcohol abuse
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A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry
Kessler's book depicts the investigation undertaken by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into the tobacco industry. The author, former FDA commissioner in the early 90s, uncovers "historical evidence that the tobacco companies orchestrated the greatest conspiracy ever undertaken to put the nation's health at risk." The book follows step by step the disclosure of scientific information and documents that proved the tobacco companies awareness that nicotine is an addictive drug. Kessler looks at the money and politics strings that tobacco industry has been controlling over the past decades.
Tags: cigarettes; nicotine; drugs; Phillip Morris; lobbying; public health; cancer; children; youth; schools; advertising image; tobacco regulations; Congress; legislature
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Know Justice, Know Peace
Crogan tells the ins and outs of the "... chilly reaction by officials to the announcement of a citywide gang truce in April 1992 by Bloods and Crips peacemakers. Since that time, local government has failed to provide either political of financial support to bolster the momentous agreement, perhaps squandering a rare window of opportunity to stop what amounts to urban street warfare among the city's minority youth....There was also the published Bloods-Crips proposal to the city which circulated in South-Central, including $2 billion for infrastructure, $700 million for educations, $6 million for Neighborhood Watch patrols $20 million for economic redevelopment, and $1 billion for social-service and recreation programs. In exchange, the so-called 'Bloods-Crips Organization' promised to 'ask drug lords to invest their monies in L.A. area businesses and properties and to stop their drug trade'".
Tags: gangs; Watts; youth violence; blacks; LAPD; Los Angeles Police Department; projects; hood war; grassroots; South-Central; crime; CYA; California Youth Authority
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Help wanted: city's summer jobs program falls short for some teens
The Chicago Housing Authority's summer jobs program is supposed to provide work opportunities for low-income youth from public housing developments. The Chicago Reporter investigates the program to see if it's meeting stated goals and assisting underprivileged youth in the workplace.
Tags: None
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3 Girls Injured in Shotgun Attack; Recognizing Gang Trouble
This investigation, done in the wake of a gang attack, explores different ways to recognize gang membership. The author explores how local gangs in Rapid City are connected to other gangs from larger cities.
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Girl Trouble
The Bay Guardian reports that "juvenile offenders--especially girls--are hidden victims of San Francisco's law-and-order crackdown... The fastest growing population in U.S. jails and prisons is women, and about two-thirds were first arrested as juveniles, and about half of them spent time in detention when they were minors... Girls make up almost a quarter of San Francisco's Juvenile Hall population, but a Bay Guardian investigation has revealed that they get nowhere near a quarter of the attention."