A center that helps abused and neglected kids is coming under fire. Police say they have received hundreds of calls for assaults and violent altercations. The school says they lack the resources to deal with some of the behavior. naveencbs2ny reports.
Four years ago, police say a 19-year-old named Angel King was paralyzed at the campus after a security officer placed his knee on King's neck trying to break up a fight.King's grandmother says the school officials wouldn't tell her what happened until days later.
"The doctor ... told me that the neck and the spine was broken," she said."If you say that this is a facility for children with mental problems, you should have had proper security."JCCA CEO Ron Richter won't speak about King's case but admits the facility, which houses around 170 kids, is not equipped for some of the behaviors.
"Some of them are beyond our ability, and we have brought that to the state's attention repeatedly over course of the past year-plus, and we are concerned," Richter said. He claims that for more than a year, they've told city and state leaders about the growing need among young people with complex psychiatric and behavioral diagnoses that they can't address at their current campus.
"I'm as concerned as the town about safety. I've got another 150 kids that are appropriate for our campus who are afraid," Richter said."We've actually put a written proposal in to multiple state agencies seeking a different model of a care for a small number of young people, but thus far we have not seen any action."
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