Influence & publicity concern for NYS OCFS Commissioner Carrion

www.nysenate.gov/press-release/task-force-juvenile-justice-reform-seeks-answers-ocfs Senator Catharine Young's created TASK FORCE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM SEEKS ANSWERS FROM OCFS - Files FOIL Request To Shed Light on Increase of Youth Violence.    

Neither this, nor any other discovery of interest will uncover anything which is new. What seems to be new is that many of our problems are coming to public attention and not buried in the 1/2 inch story in the middle of a newspaper. My take on the ever present situations is that many want to live the almost mythical American dream. Go to work, shut the door to the office and shuffle a few papers until lunch time and then return to the work place ask for a rundown from the favorite brown nose and write a couple of memo's. True concern and proper procedure is not breaking from the norm. Don't make waves, Don't fix what is broken or breaking. Brains storming and solutions are seldom required. It is the way it has worked for a long time. We are living difficult times now, our old ways of life are not the best way anymore. One of the few things that has changed for some years now is blame, although, not for the better. Yesterday's woes were passed on to today's workforce (the equivalent of 100 year old tenements) and real consequences imposed, on scapegoats. If we had an emergency that required mass hospitalization or additional firefighters on account of  crisis and there were none available or they were maxed out, we, the innocent public would suffer the most. Because of all the cutbacks and because the only important issue is blowing up the middle east or the rest of the non allied world. That we have problems in youth prisons and many other areas and that someone points it out is great. Now hold your breath and count to ... There doesn't that feel better? On the other hand when we do finance a project, the purchase of some beneficial doo dah for that institution with govnmt money it mysteriously vanishes. That and all the nefarious etc etc's that goes with it. We want more laws, better services and protection. Where has the good will gone to, we don't only want laws that apply right here in our own country, we them to apply everywhere we go. Okay, so i strayed a little here, It is a good thing to rectify the wrong, but seriously where is the money coming from? Oh, i know let the warden be the monitor and pay him to get out of his office.

Ms. Carrion, ( fake-ass OCFS commissioner), has formally requested that family court judges (elected officals),  reconsider state placement for youth in OCFS facilities, why, because it suits her intent to CLOSE even more facilities. My question is, who the HELL is Carrion (politically appionted) to tell an elected official, how to do his job! Don't you think that ALL the factors were already considered when making a determination, as to the "dangerousness" of the particular youth. ALL this excretement is dirty ass-kissing POLITICS. Money, class, priviledge! That's the name of the game. Brookwood Secure center, Columbia Co., NOW a cesspool, loaded with suckups, scared line staff (who are shielded by strong staff) and TOTALLY INCOMPETENT DEAL MAKING ADMINISTRATION! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY ONE OF COMM. CARRION'S "HUG A THUGS." PLEASE CONTINUE THE "BUSINUSS AS USUAL, more staff will get tired of the non-support and backing, and will simply RESIGN! STOP THE MADNESS............

Here's the deal/final analysis with the entire structure, of all OCFS juvenile detention facilities. first of all, no one has the "intestinal fortutide," to call these facilities what they in-fact are supposed to be called, youth correctional facilities! For if they were properly named youth correctional facilities, the standards and protocal, would parallel what actually transpires in a adult facility. If a youth assaults a "guard"  or throws urine/feces, they would be appropriately charged with felony assault. This dosen't happen anywhere in ocfs, due to the insanity of the staff not HAVING PEACE OFFICER STATUS! Why, due to the fact that some of the staff hired, have felony/misdemeanor priors. Therefore, we as line staff are expected to maintain order in a backwards and chaotic jungle, and we are totally UNARMED, go figure. The inmate youth criminals are given the so-called "sanitary title" of RESIDENT, and have the right to not participate in class if they choose not to, be disruptive, disrespectful, and threatening, and even threaten the saftey and security of the facility, and then ask for a "timeout." When anyone from ocfs does come to facilities (BROOKWOOD IN PARTICULAR) none of the so-called brainiacts has the balls, to speak to the linestaff, the ones dealing with the behaviors and disrespect daily. The administration runs about like a bunch of scared rabbits, scared of losing their jobs, and SCARED OF THE YOUTH.  The youth see this and know that they have all the CONTROL. When a restraint does occur, all the administrators run to the monitors and review all that happened prior to the restraint, during the restraint, and afterwards. This investigative inquiry is to nail the staff, for any inconsistency, and there are several butt-kissing up and comings, who are eagar to take down the career of a linestaff, in order to propel their own career. What I have managed to do is be indifferent, indifferent to Carrion, and all those who know what needs to transpire, and fail to totally revamp the skewed insanity we are working in. DRUGS are or were in our facility, and the youth took this to be a "cat and mouse affair" to continue to smoke marijauna, right under the noses of staff and administration, do you think dogs were brought in? Hell NO! Go figure that one. I wouldn't be surprised if a major disturbance occurs, our proceedures are elementary and flimsy at best! Commissioner Carrion, I thank you for turning state youth facilities, into a "baby sitting service,"  complete with pacifiers at the ready and timeout chairs, when the youth rant and rave. You should have some of these youth you claim are your kids, over to you and your immediate staff homes, if you think you can do better, than the staff drowning from your insanity. KEEP PAYING ME MY MONEY, IN REALITY, THAT'S ALL THIS IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!! 

RUBEN HUGHES I agree with you. This agency(formerly DFY) as gone down the drain. The inmates, beg your pardon, the residents have been given so much "priveleges" that we as line staff(YDA's) can't do much to use corrective methods put in place to correct there behavior. Another thing everyone always talk about residents getting hurt or abused, which i have rarely seen, but what I do see is Staff getting hurt and abused. From broken nose, punched in the face, broken ribs..the list goes on forever, but no one address these situations. YDA's have one of the highest Comp cases. Friends in NYSDOCS  say they would never want to be a YDA. They cannot understand how we do our job. RH i agree with you whole heartedly, something as to be done, and me with my lowly education dont have the ans. Maybe those people in ALbany with there Higher level education can figure out something

I love how the officials point the finger at the facilities, where we failed these children is when they r released from facilities. Most of them go home to poverty drugs or no one. Carrion doesnt want to place these kids anymore but whats going to happen to them , in the case files so many of them have parents who do not want them home. U can only do so much to fix broken families. I am so sick of hearing excessive force, what about the YDA's that r good and really care, there r a lot more of them out there than anyone gives credit too. This whole thing is just discouraging workers from wanting to be a part of OCFS and I have watched alot of them leave the agency for good, we have so many new employees that do not have a clue as to what to do. Thank u Carrion for discouraging so many good men and women from doing a good job, and making the stress SO UNREASONABLE for these men and women that it affects their families that have stability.

I also want to add.......and lets not worry about all the people these residents assault, verbally abuse and kill. Does anyone remember young Renee Greco?

no where to turn (not verified), Renee Greco is not forgotten -- if you are not aware, you may want to read and sign : STOP THE VIOLENCE IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT HOMES - PETITION at Facebook.

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I have been so heated thinking about this.....here our state paid to house these children and now our state (aka our tax dollars) are paying for the legal action against the Ocfs. CRAZY where does it end, keep handing out .....what about giving them jobs to earn their own money.