Key Issues
Key Actors
Important Events/Factors
Success/Failures
Fun Facts
100
This organization, discussed in the case study was perceived to have the reputation of being "hard to deal with, "pie in sky", and not responsive."
What is Juvenile Department of Justice
100
This person was appointed commissioner of New York's City's Department of Juvenile Justice. Her appointment was based on education in degrees for anthropology and law.
Ellen Schall
100
In Schall appointment, she asked for one thing
What is permission to upgrade the salary of the executive director of Spofford from $32,000 to $45,000.
100
What interfered with Schall's goal to develop good relationships with community advocates who kept a close watch on her agency.
What is an influx of serious problems and agendas waiting to be solved or introduced by senior administrators. As well as staffing vacancies.
100
How many juvenile arrests were made in New york City Each year
What is 12,000
200
What were the major problems between the central administration office downtown/uptown.
Remote location, racial and class tension, and the entry level salary of juvenile counselors was lower than the salary of adult prison guards. Even though the staff at JDD was primarily Latino or Black, the leadership was mostly white.
200
This person's main goal was to close Spofford and replace the detention center with four smaller facilities, an are in which few of DJJ's charge came.
Paul Strasburg
200
The legislature adopted New York’s Juvenile Offender Act, which required about a third of children admitted to Spofford—in the adult court system, where they were potentially subject to longer pre-trial detention, more severe sentences, and permanent criminal records.
What is case of a 15-year-old who received a detention sentence of only a few months after committing murder—reportedly with a smile on his face
200
What were the successes/failures of Schall deciding to promote Kathleen Feely to Deputy Commissioner.
Staff quit on her, Aftercare;Dismiss child abusers (staff felt unappreciated)
200
What is the percentage of Blacks and Hispanics in DJJ's custody.
What is 94%
300
There was Tension between the two main operating branches of the agency that felt there was no sense of connection. It seems as though there wasn’t clear direction for responsibilities on either side.
Spofford and NSD
300
The staff of this "less bureaucratic setting" had been handpicked from the Human Resources Administration to operate in efforts for the DJJ to regulate operations for kids in processed.
What is Non-secure detention Facility (NSD)
300
Ellen Schall found these three overlapping areas that grew tension in the agency.
What is Uptown/downtown split, Racial and class tension, and Turf wars between facilities.
300
There began a deep-seated confusion over the agency’s mission. The new staff was being challenged with the idea of this question “What are we? ______ or __________?”
What is guards, caretakers
300
What were the 2 things that the mayor said for Schall to do in her appointment as Director of DJJ
What is ‘Don’t let any of them get out,’ and ‘Do as much as you can for them.
400
This percentage of children held in non-secure facilities were running away before their court appearances.
What is 20%
400
This person had a lot of experience and background with offenders and young people for educational and employment programs. To which help promote Schall of central administration and agency operation. However, "everybody hater her"
Who is Kathleen Feely
400
Why did the mayor put a hold on building new Spofford facilities?
DJJ’s assistant commissioner for planning was fired. Strasburg left
400
This program had a design flaw that did not allow the majority of children to be eligible to participate due to pending court cases.
Aftercare Program
400
What was the nickname for Spofford and why?
What is “the sieve.” late seventies Spofford—with two or three childrenescaping each week
500
This place had a negative background, no Director, and in need of renovation to help limit fighting and sexual assaults among the children, as well as, child abuse and suicide attempts.
What is Spofford
500
This foundation helped in the Schall's top level staffing problem to undertake a Facilities Development Project, to assess the condition of Spofford and to consider the possibility either of repairing it or of constructing new facilities
What is Clark Foundation
500
Why was a proposal to construct a 156-bed juvenile facility atop a 500-cell adult jail draw a strong negative reaction from Strasburg’s allies in the child advocacy community.
What is the objection to detaining adults and children at the same site.
500
Schall and Feely had to do this quickly after the first three months of being directors of Spofford.
Fill vacant positions in a rapid time
500
What was the percentage of kids who arrived late to court cases in 1982? What did it drop to after Schall was appointed
What is 40% then 10%
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