Office of Juvenile Jusitce and Delinquency Prevention (OJJD)
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (or OJJDP) is an office within the United States Department of Justice which provides more than a quarter of billion dollars in funding to private organizations to prevent juvenile delinquency and protect children who are incarcerated in juvenile facilities and adult prisons. The OJJDP is also a component of the Office of Justice Programs.
During the Bush administration, investigations by the media, the Department's Inspector's General, and a congressional committee concluded that tens of millions of federal grant money were diverted by the agency's administrator, Robert J. Flores, to conservative recipients who were rated unqualified to receive them. The grants were awarded to political and ideological allies of he Bush White House at the expense of organizations that protect children, the investigations concluded.
External Links
- Murray Waas, "Al Regnery's Secret Life: The Pathetic Career of Reagan's Juvenile Justice Chief" the New Republic, June 23, 1986.
- Time Weiner and Jill Abramson, "The President Under Fire: The Actors In the Case Against Clinton, Some Lockstep Conservatives" the New York Times, January 29, 1998.*Mark Sorkin, "Meet J. Robert Flores, OJJDP Chief (Underminer)" Juvienation, April 9, 2008.
- Brian Ross, Anna Schecter, and Murray Waas, "Justice Department Official Awards $500,000 Grant to Golf Group" ABC News.com, June 9, 2008.
- Brian Ross, Anna Schecter, and Murray Waas, "Justice Department Official Awards $500,000 Grant to Golf Group" ABC News.com, June 9, 2008.
- Dan Slater, "Fore! To Combat Crime, $500K Grant to Golf Program" Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2008.
- Spencer Ackerman, "An Open Letter to A Justice Department Addicted to Cronyism," Washington Independent, June 10, 2008.
- Barron YoungSmith,"A Bush Administration Scandal, and its Antecedent," New Republic, June 10, 2008.
- Mark Sorkin, "Flores in the Spotlight," Juvienation, June 10, 2008.
- BarronYoungSmith, "A Bush Administration Scandal and its Antecedent" The New Republic, June 10 2008.
- Murray Waas, "Questions Surround Government Funded Abstinence Program' ABCNews.com, June 18, 2008.
- Murray Waas, "The Price of Political Cronyism: Lost Lives and Teenage Suicides"personal blog, June 18, 2008.
- Anna Schecter, Brian Ross & Murray Waas,"$500,000 Round of Golf? Congress Probes Official" ABCNews.com, June 19, 2008.
- Carrie Johnson, "Justice Department Grant Overseer Subject of Criminal Probe" Washington Post, June 20, 2008.
- Kate Klonick, "Flores Faces Criminal Investigation," TPM Muckraker, June 20, 2008.
- Murray Waas & Anna Schecter, "Exclusive: Bush White House Pushed Grant for Fromer Worker"ABCNews.com, June 24, 2008.
- Anna Schecter & Murray Waas, "DOJ Official Fired In Wake of ABC News Investigation" ABCNews.com, June 25 2008.
- "The Case For Juvenile Courts," New York Times editorial, August 13, 2008.
- Anna Schecter and Murray Waas, "DOJ Official Breached Ethics Playing Golf," ABCNews.com, May 1, 2009.
