Poor management has led to big — and utterly unacceptable — problems at the Rhode Island Training School, a locked facility for juveniles that is run by the troubled state Department of Children, Youth and Families.



A sluggish hierarchy failed to address oft-stated warnings about security, equipment and staffing. Managers in a position to get things moving — up to and including, presumably, DCYF Director Trista Piccola and Gov. Gina Raimondo — were not capable of cutting through the thick red tape.

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Are there leaders in state government who are capable of grasping serious problems, getting the governor’s full attention, and cutting through red tape before people get hurt?"