DRA’s FY18 Proposed Priorities Open for Comment Until September 27, 2017
DRA has drafted the proposed Priorities for fiscal year 2018, which runs from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. The proposed priorities are based on the public input DRA received earlier this summer, as well as an analysis of the service requests received over the past 12-24 months. These priorities will go through the […]
DRA Had Warned of Insufficient Staffing Levels at Youth Facility Where Staff Fired After Recent Escapes
A jail supervisor at the Lewisville Juvenile Treatment Center (LJTC) was fired after two teenagers escaped from the facility last week. While no injuries occurred and the the boys were located the next day, the supervisor was terminated due to a finding that he had failed to follow procedures and allowed them to cross the […]
Kids in Isolation: Locked Away in Dermott (Part II)
“It [isolation] has a detrimental effect on a youth’s treatment, education, physical health and mental health,” DRA executive director Tom Masseau said, speaking to David Ramsey for his two-part story about youth in isolation at juvenile treatment facilities. Part I of the story focuses on isolation practices at the state’s largest juvenile facility, Arkansas Juvenile […]
DRA Affirms Issues at Juvenile Lockup Have Been An Ongoing Concern in News Story about Isolation Practices at the Facility (Kids in Isolation, Part I)
“It has a detrimental effect on a youth’s treatment, education, physical health and mental health,” Tom Masseau, executive director of Disability Rights Arkansas, explained to David Ramsey of the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network about “room confinement”, which is again being highlighted as an issue at the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center (AJATC), which is the […]
Minutes – April 22, 2017
Minutes from the Disability Rights Arkansas Board of Directors meeting, held on April 22, 2017: [gview file=”https://disabilityrightsar.org.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DRA-Board-Meeting-4-22-17.pdf”]