Youth Development Specialists, the title created to work with 16- and 17-year old offenders, will begin working at Horizon Juvenile Center in a few weeks, more than six months after Raise the Age became law.
The Bronx facility houses 16- and 17-year old teens moved from Rikers Island, who were no longer considered adult offenders after the legislation took effect Oct. 1. About 20 adolescents from Rikers Island remain at Horizon, in addition to about 40 newly-arrested teens.
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