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Giddings State School in unincorporated Lee County The Turman Halfway House in Austin. Juvenile offenders are court ordered to reside in Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities. The detained individuals must be at least 10 years of age and no older than their 19th birthday.
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) was a state agency of Texas, headquartered in the Brown-Heatley Building in Austin. [1] As of December 1, 2011, the agency was replaced by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department .
A plan for separate women's facilities at the Travis County Correctional Complex was proposed in 2016, but scrapped by 2021. [4] In 2023, the Travis County Commissioner's Court approved a pilot diversion center as an alternative to jail for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. [5] The program began operations in early 2024. [6]
A high-ranking L.A. County probation official said the department won't comply with a state oversight body's order to close troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, according to a recording obtained ...
A former state juvenile probation officer handling cases in Madison County was convicted of felony charges recently and ordered to spend time in a state prison.
Travis County has held test runs of the program since April 23, but advocates said most people in jail are not provided an attorney during this critical juncture in the criminal justice process.
In order to attend the GCTC, a prospective student must be an "at-risk" adjudicated youth referred from a county or state agency that serves youth. Agencies which refer students to the GCTC include over forty county juvenile probation departments, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services , and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department ...
Bowie County Unit [2] Central Unit (Closed 2011) Dickens County Unit [2] Don Hutto Unit [2] Jefferson County Unit [2] Gregg County Unit [2] Limestone County Unit [2] North Texas Intermediate Sanctions Facility (closed 2011) Retrieve Unit (later Wayne Scott Unit) - Main prison closed in 2020 [4] Western Regional Medical Unit [2]