Defendants in New York don’t get to see all the evidence against them. After several wrongful convictions, pressure is building to follow the Lone Star’s lead and fix the system.
A shortage of judges means some children and their families spend years in the system, exacerbating whatever problems brought them there in the first place.
The Close to Home initiative was supposed to move detained kids to less restrictive settings and improve their ability to complete their education. That hasn’t happened.
For six years, the lowest paid human-service workers in New York State have not had a cost of living adjustment, meaning their real wages have shrunk by nearly 12 percent.…
