Wrong Man for The Job

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October 25, 2003 8:00PM EDT | Commentary

Wrong Man for The Job

D.C. officials disclosed recently that their top candidate to run the District's juvenile justice agency is LaMont Flanagan, who headed the Baltimore City Jail for 11 years. That they would consider Flanagan for this job is symptomatic of the city's lack of attention to juvenile justice issues.

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