Classrooms in New York City's juvenile detention centers are being used as cells nearly every day while staff struggle to curb a spike in violent attacks, employees say.
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“If there’s a situation, maybe a fight or issue, [classrooms] are used sometimes to separate the residents,” said Antonio Staten, a former Crossroads Juvenile Detention Center employee. The staffer, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said he was once assigned to sit in a classroom with a kid who was separated from other detainees to avoid an attack from 3 p.m. to midnight without a meal or bathroom break.Roughly 200 New Yorkers between the ages of 12 and 21 are jailed at two juvenile facilities, run by ACS, while they await sentencing: Crossroads in Brownsville, Brooklyn and Horizon Juvenile Detention Center in the South Bronx.
The staffers assigned to sit with kids held in the classrooms are “youth development specialists,” who provide “safe and secure supervision” while also serving as role models and mentors, according to a job listing. . But sources say many teens and young adults refuse to attend class each day, and instead receive packets of homework to complete on their own time.Sources said those who do show up to class are divided by gang affiliation – not grade level.
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