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Results for u.s. office of juvenile justice and delinquency pr
1 results foundAuthor: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General Title: A Report of Investigation of Certain Allegations Referred by the Office of Special Counsel Concerning the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Formula Grant Program Summary: The Department of Justice (Department or DOJ), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), initiated this review following a referral from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) of allegations made by former OIG Special Agent Jill Semmerling. Semmerling's allegations related to the subject matter and conduct of an OIG investigation into allegations that the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance (Wisconsin OJA) submitted fraudulent reports to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in order to receive federal funds pursuant to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act or JJDPA) formula grant program. Semmerling, who worked in the OIG's Chicago Field Office (CFO), was assigned to lead the underlying investigation in 2008, but was removed from the investigation in October 2009, before that investigation was completed. The OSC referral to the OIG framed Semmerling's allegations as follows: 1. Employees at OJJDP failed to assure compliance with the core protections of the JJDP Act. 2. Employees at OJJDP failed to investigate allegations that Wisconsin OJA was falsifying detention data to receive federal funding. 3. Employees at OJJDP and OJP issued legal opinions altering longstanding policy and in contravention of law, in order to enable Wisconsin's OJA to circumvent JJDP Act requirements. 4. OIG employees obstructed fact finding in an investigation of the Wisconsin OJA for concealment of non-compliance. 5. Juveniles who have run away from state-ordered placements are being illegally detained in secure facilities, in contravention of statutory grant conditions. The OSC informed us that allegation 5 presumes that the legal opinions referenced in allegation 3 were in contravention of law. This report addresses allegations 3, 4, and 5, while a separate report from the OIG's Audit Division issued contemporaneously addresses allegations 1 and 2, which the OIG determined were more appropriate for that Division's review. As outlined below and discussed in detail in this report, we believe that Semmerling performed an important service by coming forward with these allegations and that she identified a number of serious underlying issues that OJP needs to address, although we ultimately did not substantiate her claims. Details: Washington, DC: The Office, 2017. 277p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 9, 2017 at: https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/o1703.pdf Year: 2017 Country: United States URL: https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/o1703.pdf Shelf Number: 147618 Keywords: Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice Reform U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pr |