The Republican leader of the Connecticut Senate is calling for the resignation of the Department of Children and Families commissioner, in light of a new report highlighting problems at state juvenile detention facilities.Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano of North Haven said Thursday that Commissioner Joette Katz's "autocratic leadership and misplaced priorities" have undermined her office and put children at risk.
Fasano's criticisms came a day after the state child advocate released a report saying boys and girls at the detention facilities run by DCF have been subjected to unlawful and repeated use of restraints and isolation.
Mark Bergman, a spokesman for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, accused Fasano of firing off an "ill-informed, misguided attack" without a serious plan to fix the problems. Bergman credited Katz with making "real progress."
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