Sunday, October 6, 2013

CJTS EMPLOYEES SINGING ELIVS SONG " I'M ALL SHOOK UP"

The DCFplantation e-mail box received comments about what is going on in light of the incident that happened on Unit 6C recently. Sources report two residents were in a backroom and fought, one supposedly was choked to the point of unconsciousness. Soon after the incident ( perhaps two days) three Youth Services Officers were walked off Connecticut Juvenile Training Schhol property ( while the incident is investigated). Now, what has YSOs saying they are " all shook up" is the swiftness the YSOs got the bum rush off CJTS property. In the not to distant past policies were enforced at CJTS according to whom management liked or disliked. A standard rule of thumb went like this at CJTS: management, lower level administrators, friends, and good employees got a pass when it came to disciplinary actions. Hell, a favorite YSO-of management- even slapped a resident and only received 10 days off. Several administrators got a verbal warning recently for using state computers for unauthorized business ( while YSOs & line staff get sent to the unemployment line) and this was standard procedure at the CJTS plantation for years. Suddenly things changed.
 It must be reported that this sudden shift in CJTS management desire "to appear doing that which is right" comes not from any inner moral compass from CJTS plantation administrators; constant pressure from activists, protests outside CJTS, a class action lawsuit against CJTS, and articles posted on DCFplantation blog caused a pseudo change of heart within CJTS. This is why YSOs are "all shook up" about three YSOs being being walked off the property. There exists now a helter skelter policy enacted at CJTS: all administrators running around like chickens without heads, seeking to appear in charge of a facility adrift. Human beings need structure to feel secure in a social setting, however at CJTS there seems to be a Key Stone Cops atmosphere where now after a incident-employees are escorted quickly off property. A far cry from the days when management picked when to enforce policies, based on whom was involved, and if that person was liked or part of the old boy network.
 In closing, if YSOs are "all shook up" about policies on the fly, they need to say or do something. For years YSOs allowed this type of  unfair climate to exist, now you want to complain. Well. If you want change then fight for it; do not slink back in a corner and bemoan what is going on.

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