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Thanks for the roundup!

A few notes on DYRS:

1. They continue to decrease their performance goals on training.

2. They say they have a 3.2% rearrest rate but the target is 25%.

3. The length of time kids await placement is really high and PDS testified to how bad it’s gotten.

4. Girls are sleeping in classrooms. Probably all the girls at YSC could be moved out to either New Beginnings or shelter homes. Or the community!

5. Most MOUs and contracts have not been renewed, including educational and programmatic support contracts.

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And while there aren’t technically a lot of vacancies, fully 25% of the staff is unavailable for duty, and the “drafted” numbers are high for YDRs required to do overtime shifts to cover for others.

And they built new beds! They’re up to 98 now; above Jerry M Work Plan levels.

That’s an unsustainable pace of overwork, understaffing, and overcrowding.

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