A man from Brooklyn, NY brought a loaded 380 pistol into the Connecticut Juvenile Training School recently and was caught. Below there is a story about the event plus response from spin doctors on the DCF Plantation. If you read carefully there is no mention about what other employees at CJTS told this blog writer, i.e. a youth on Unit 4D was being bullied and that fear plus anger caused him to seek the weapon. In previous articles it has been pointed out how missing in action supervisors on 4D has led to a sort of ship adrift kind of situation for employees and residents. If your leadership is always out on Worker's Compensation, who is guiding the ship? Another point is this, why did a person feel it was okay to try and sneak the gun into CJTS ? The answer is that for some time now searches of residents inside the visitation room and indeed of visitors were sloppy to say the least [ report from other employees ]. "The fact that Master Control staff caught the gun in the box is lucky say Youth Service Officers. In the past management has been informed that visitation regulations were not adequate." Well. Talking head spin doctor public relations people can talk about how alert staff found the gun and prevented tragedy. However the main point is that CJTS is a facility out of control and in need of new management.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A New York City man has been charged with bringing a loaded gun hidden in a shoebox into Connecticut's detention facility for delinquent boys in an attempt to give it to a relative, state police and child welfare officials said Monday.
Jonathan Burgos, 30, of Brooklyn, was arrested Saturday at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown. State police said he tried to sneak in a loaded .380-caliber handgun to give to a detainee, but staff members found the gun in the shoebox during a routine security check.
Burgos was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit and unauthorized conveyance of a weapon into a correctional institution. He was detained on $50,000 bail.
Authorities didn't release other details, including why the detainee would need or want a gun.
Burgos' response to the allegations isn't known. It's not clear if he has a lawyer.
The state Department of Children and Families, which runs the training school, said in a statement that a family member of a youth at the facility tried to smuggle in a firearm, but staff members discovered it while following standard safety protocols.
"CJTS staff did outstanding work in maintaining safety for everyone at the facility including the youths and visiting families," the statement said.
The 135-bed training school is the state's only secure facility for boys who have been adjudicated as delinquent and committed to the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A New York City man has been charged with bringing a loaded gun hidden in a shoebox into Connecticut's detention facility for delinquent boys in an attempt to give it to a relative, state police and child welfare officials said Monday.
Jonathan Burgos, 30, of Brooklyn, was arrested Saturday at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown. State police said he tried to sneak in a loaded .380-caliber handgun to give to a detainee, but staff members found the gun in the shoebox during a routine security check.
Burgos was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit and unauthorized conveyance of a weapon into a correctional institution. He was detained on $50,000 bail.
Authorities didn't release other details, including why the detainee would need or want a gun.
Burgos' response to the allegations isn't known. It's not clear if he has a lawyer.
The state Department of Children and Families, which runs the training school, said in a statement that a family member of a youth at the facility tried to smuggle in a firearm, but staff members discovered it while following standard safety protocols.
"CJTS staff did outstanding work in maintaining safety for everyone at the facility including the youths and visiting families," the statement said.
The 135-bed training school is the state's only secure facility for boys who have been adjudicated as delinquent and committed to the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
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