Councilmember Wong questions detention length of stay and graduation rates
Wong asks about average time in detention and graduation rates. Ginsberg reports 97.4 days average stay, about 150 graduates over 3.5 years, and a CUNY MOU enabling college programming through Hostos and BMCC for youth with diplomas or GEDs.
Can you talk about the number of days the child spends in a detention center on average before they get to leave?
The average length of stay in secure detention for 2025 was about 97.4 days.
What about the graduation rates on these schools?
So graduation rates are difficult.
The school program is a program.
It's not a school because young people don't start on the first day of school.
They come whenever the court mandates them into our facility.
We have graduated about 150 young people over the last three and a half years.
And two years ago, we signed an MOU with CUNY, and we have young people who have either graduated with a diploma
or have achieved their GED engaged in college programming in both facilities through Hostos and BMCC.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, I've been reminded we've got to try to stick to time as best as possible, but we're going to do round two questions as well.