*crowd cheering*
Promotional Video Announcer: "Success takes skill."
Promotional Video Announcer: "Skill takes training."
Promotional Video Announcer: "If you're ready to learn, train and work. Job Corps is ready for you."
THESE GOVERNMENT VIDEOS TRY TO SELL THE WORLD ON A SPECIAL FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR AT RISK YOUTH.
THE NUMBERS THAT TELL THE STORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AT JOB CORPS CENTERS…
THOSE ARE HARDER TO MARKET.
It's very alarming.
STUNNING AMOUNTS OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME…
HAPPENING IN THE PROGRAM OVERSEEN BY THE LABOR DEPARTMENT…
PAID BY TAXPAYERS
AND DESIGNED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WORK TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE.
Most people want to make the case that Job Corps is the last option,
and it's only for F- ups and all of this.
No, it's not.
IT'S FOR PEOPLE LIKE JIRON MITCHELL…
HE GREW UP A KID OF THE INNER CITY IN GROUP HOMES.
JOB CORPS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND HE KNEW IT.
BUT HE ADMITS HE GOT KICKED OUT TWICE. TWO DIFFERENT CENTERS.
YouTube Video: "Hey what's up y'all, my name is Jiron Mitchell"
STILL - YEARS LATER - HE'S ON YOUTUBE…
TELLING KIDS JUST LIKE HIM…IT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
Job Corps was my high school.
And it could be other people's college.
*promotional video*
JOB CORPS KIDS ARE 16 TO 24 YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LEARN A TRADE…A CAREER.
THEY LIVE AND WORK AT 125 CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR TRAINING.
*punching sounds*
MANY ARE GETTING AN EDUCATION THAT RIVALS THE STREETS THEY CAME FROM.
You can see kids beat up, you can see kids murdered
both with guns and with machetes.
Something isn't right.
A NEW REPORT SHOWS JUST HOW BAD THINGS HAVE BEEN.
It's definitely cause for concern.
WATCHDOGS FROM THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE SAY
JOB CORPS HAD ALMOST 50,000 SAFETY AND SECURITY INCIDENTS
IN A NEARLY 10-YEAR SPAN.
What we're pointing out is 3/4 of these incidents
38,000 are on site, in Job Corps facilities.
AND IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH…
THE VIOLENCE AND CRIME IS LIKELY WORSE. MUCH WORSE.
BACK IN 2015 - THE INSPECTOR GENERAL DISCOVERED SOME CENTERS WEREN'T REPORTING SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS.
IT CALLED OUT SYSTEMIC SAFETY WEAKNESSES IN THE PROGRAM.
CIRCA OBTAINED THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT REPORT…
FINDING JOB CORPS CENTERS WITH HUNDREDS - SOMETIMES THOUSANDS OF MISCONDUCT INFRACTIONS…
EVERYTHING FROM LOAN SHARKING TO POSITIVE DRUG TESTS
GANG ACTIVITY TO SEX ASSAULTS.
I've seen a couple fights….
but not on an every day basis.
Not on an every week basis.
It wasn't like that.
EVERY CENTER IS DIFFERENT.
CRIME VARIES FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
WHEN WE ASKED U-S SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY ABOUT IT LAST SUMMER -
HE CONSIDERED JOB CORPS VIOLENCE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.
Nationwide I can say that we ought to be outraged
because the Labor Department isn't doing its job of
overseeing a safe learning environment for at risk kids.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH US BUT THEY DID PROVIDE A STATEMENT.
THE MARCH I-G REPORT POINTED OUT SECURITY WEAKNESSES AT JOB CORPS
AND THAT NO ONE CALLED THE COPS IN DOZENS OF SERIOUS INCIDENTS AT SOME CENTERS.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S TAKEN STEPS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY
STILL LAST MONTH - A RIOT INVOLVING 40 KIDS AT THIS VIRGINIA JOB CORPS CENTER
ENDED WITH FOUR KIDS IN HANDCUFFS.
NO VIDEO ABOUT THAT ON YOUTUBE.
JUST FOUR MORE ASSAULTS ON THE JOB CORPS STAT BOARD.
HERE'S THE TOTAL NOW
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