Things must be bad when D.C. Councilman Marion Barry, D-Ward 8, has had it up to there with the scandal-plagued Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. Last month, Barry held up $1.5 million in funding after failing to receive performance data he requested in April when yet another DYRS ward escaped from the city’s New Beginnings Youth Development Center in Laurel.
Barry calls DYRS “one of the worst agencies in this city.” He should know.
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