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\"PEF<\/p>\n

February 6, 2026 —<\/em> VP DiAntonio weighs in on OCFS secure center issues<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a New York Focus expos\u00e9 on solitary confinement at Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) secure facilities, PEF Vice President Randi DiAntonio was interviewed to shed light on staffing shortages and the negative impact on youth and the services they need at places like OCFS Industry in Rochester. The article also linked to PEF President Wayne Spence\u2019s letter to legislators on the increasingly dire situation at these facilities.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 6, 2026 — VP DiAntonio weighs in on OCFS secure center issues In a New York Focus expos\u00e9 on solitary confinement at Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-8340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPEF in the News - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-1\/pef-in-the-news-13\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PEF in the News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 6, 2026 — VP DiAntonio weighs in on OCFS secure center issues In a New York Focus expos\u00e9 on solitary confinement at Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-1\/pef-in-the-news-13\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEF Communicator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-17T18:47:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T18:54:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/inthenews.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"229\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ksheehan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ksheehan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-1\\\/pef-in-the-news-13\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-1\\\/pef-in-the-news-13\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ksheehan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\"},\"headline\":\"PEF in the News\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-17T18:47:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-29T18:54:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-1\\\/pef-in-the-news-13\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":91,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-1\\\/pef-in-the-news-13\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/inthenews.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-1\\\/pef-in-the-news-13\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-1\\\/pef-in-the-news-13\\\/\",\"name\":\"PEF in the News - 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