The DCFplantation blog received information that Youth Services Officers at Connecticut Juvenile Training School are upset with management. Let me be clear. YSOs apparently have an axe to grind with Assistant Superintendent John Dipilla; they have stated this publicly at CJTS and in the community. This is interesting because YSOs open anger toward Dipilla marks the first time that rank & file employees have shown such bravery. I have not asked for specific details of what stoked the anger of YSOs, clearly something happened. And this latest development did not happen in a vacuum because activists prepared the soil through praxis ( protests, hunger strikes, petitions etc ). Now clouds of dissension appear on the plantation horizon. By the way the YSOs leading the charge are black, white, Latino, male & female. People are not ready yet to let their faces be seen--and this is okay.
At this juncture certain YSOs are seeking e-mails and text messages of Dipilla through the Freedom of Information Act hoping to reveal problems at CJTS. We have seen and heard over the years there are problems at CJTS with bias / racism and most recently a white staff calling residents of color porch monkeys.
Wonder what these brave YSOs know about Dipilla?
Stay tuned.
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