Dauphin County Children & Youth Services director: 'Serious mistakes' were made

HARRISBURG- Many of the recommendations by a Dauphin County grand jury convened after the maltreatment death of a 9-year-old boy are already in place at the Children & Youth Services agency, the interim director said Thursday.
Joe Dougher, who came back from retirement to head the agency, addressed reporters Thursday immediately after District Attorney Ed Marsico released the grand jury's findings, which excoriated recent changes inside the agency and its lack of training, supervision and management.
Dougher acknowledged that "serious mistakes and errors in judgment were made in the past. This is something everyone" deeply regrets, he said.
Dougher said a gag order and ongoing investigation prevented him from speaking specifically about the death of Jarrod Tutko, Jr., who starved to death last year, alone in his feces-covered room that was locked from the outside. Deputy District Attorney Sean McCormack called it a "dungeon."
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