student to an approved school that can. the jrc helps families sue their school district to send their children there. it also frequently sues school districts and states to keep individuals at the jrc after they turn 21. company culture employees are encouraged to file anonymous reports against each other, and are forbidden from making casual conversation. the negative write-ups that result from these anonymous reports are called "performance improvement opportunities". sometimes management will direct an employee to bait another into breaking the rules as a test to see if they will do it. for example, an employee might try to start a casual conversation with another employee at the direction of management. the conversation will be recorded so that staff caught breaking the rules may be disciplined. residents are also restricted from socializing with each other. it was basically like we had to have enemies. they didn't want us to be friendly with nobody.— isabel cedeño, former student all employees must sign an agreement, which claims to be legally binding, not to talk publicly about the jrc, even after they no longer work there. resident demographics as of 2014, nearly 90% of the center's residents were from new york city, and about 90% of the residents were racial minorities.