MATTER OF AN INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS, ETC.

No. 13855.

430 A.2d 1087 (1981)

In the Matter of AN INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST JUVENILES DETAINED AT AND COMMITTED AT CEDAR KNOLL INSTITUTION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, et al., Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Louis P. Robbins, Acting Corp. Counsel and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellants.

W. Anthony Fitch, Public Defender Service, with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom and A. Franklin Burgess, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Abraham Dobkin, Washington, D. C., for appellee M. T. P.

Nancy J. Glassman, for appellee D. J. J.

Stephen A. Armstrong, Washington, D. C., for appellee K. A. V.

William J. Stone, with whom James R. Rosa, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for amicus curiae, Local 383, American Federation of Government Emp., AFL-CIO.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FERREN, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

The District of Columbia appeals from a comprehensive order mandating sweeping changes in the internal operation of the Children's Center, a residential complex for the care and treatment of juveniles, comprised of two facilities, Oak Hill and Cedar Knoll, and operated by the Social Rehabilitation Administration (SRA) of the Department of Human Resources of the District of Columbia Government (DHR). The order, issued August 7, 1978, was the...

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