ALBANY: OFFENDER PROGRAM CRITICIZED

More than a third of juvenile offenders held in state facilities have not
received drug treatment and counseling services mandated by the courts, an
audit by the state comptroller, H. Carl McCall, has found. The audit also
found that 27 percent of youths with special needs had not been evaluated,
as required, when they entered the state juvenile justice system. The audit
was based on a survey of 100 youths. A spokesman for the state's Office of
Children and Family Services, Bill Van Slyke, said the study's methodology
was flawed, and he called the report politically motivated.

Somini Sengupta (NYT)