Dysfunctional culture, dysfunctional justice

Colbert King looks at the culture of violence a few blocks from the White House and the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services' attempts to "deal" with it. Some of the things he uncovers suggest a lack of seriousness in that effort.

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She's a correctional officer at the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services' Oak Hill center, which holds juvenile offenders in secure detention. He's a runaway youth under DYRS supervision.

Their relationship began when he was 16. Nuptials were performed in August. He's 18 and living with her.

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There is much more. When Democrats talk about competence they do not offer the DC as an example of how they do it.