MATTER OF DYLAN C.

2008-07592 (Docket No. D-13367-08)

69 A.D.3d 127 (2009)

888 N.Y.S.2d 513

In the Matter of DYLAN C., Respondent. PRESENTMENT AGENCY, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided October 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Kristin M. Helmers and Deborah A. Brenner of counsel), for appellant.

Steven Banks, New York City (Tamara Steckler and Marcia Egger of counsel), for respondent.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER and BELEN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ENG, J.

The juvenile justice system in New York State has undergone fundamental change over the last several decades and has developed a variety of nonsecure detention facilities intended to promote rehabilitation. These facilities stand in stark contrast to secure detention facilities administered primarily for the purposes of confinement and punishment. The issue we are called upon to decide on this appeal is whether a nonsecure facility...

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