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GAO-01-182R 1 (2000-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalnm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 December 12, 2000 The Honorable Alexis M. Herman Secretary of Labor Subject: Job Corps Training Centers: Concerns About Admission Procedures and Agreements With State and Local Prison Authorities to Enroll Prisoners Dear Madam Secretary: GAO's Office of Special Investigations received a complaint concerning alleged improper activities at the Keystone Job Corps Training Center at Drums, Pennsylvania. Specifically, the complainant alleged that (1) the center was enrolling individuals then incarcerated at a state prison facility, the Youth Services Agency of Pennsylvania (YSP), and (2) these prisoners posed a threat to the safety and well- being of the regular student population at the Keystone Training Center. We conducted our investigation between September and November 2000. We interviewed officials of the Job Corps, Department of Labor (DOL), and Bucks County Juvenile Facility. We also conducted a physical examination of the Keystone Job Corps Training Center and reviewed pertinent DOL documents. We performed our work in accordance with investigative standards established by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. In brief, we determined that YSP is an Adventure Challenge Treatment program whose attendees are remanded by the juvenile court for delinquency-related offenses. Contrary to the allegations, YSP is not a state prison facility; and the attendees are not considered prison inmates but detainees under the juvenile court system. Thus, the initial allegation lacked merit. Secondly, these enrollees were screened before acceptance into the program to ascertain that they were neither disruptive nor dangero us. However, in conducting this work, we identified two related issues that we believe warrant your attention. These issues concern (1) the background screening of Job Corps applicants and attendees and (2) the potential for abuse of the Job Corps program by state and local prison authorities. Applicant Screening Procedures The current statute governing the Job Corps program requires entities responsible for selecting Job Corps participants to determine that applicants are eligible to GAO-01-182R Job Corps Training Centers

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