Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [2]
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) is a state agency in Texas, headquartered in the Central Services Building (CSB) in Austin. It was created on December 1, 2011, replacing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission .
The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) was a Texas state agency which operated juvenile corrections facilities in the state. The commission was headquartered in the Brown-Heatly Building in Austin . As of 2007, it was the second largest juvenile corrections agency in the United States, after the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice . [ 1 ]
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.
The ACLU of Texas is suing Travis County over the county's requirement for people to attend first court appearances even if they cannot afford an attorney.
For example, Potter County—less than one-tenth of Travis County’s size—was projected to save over $1 million by lowering the number of jail days by 5.6 days per person on average.
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 ...
Officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to questions about YSI. A department spokeswoman, Meghan Speakes Collins, pointed to overall improvements the state has made in its contract monitoring process, such as conducting more interviews with randomly selected youth to get a better understanding of conditions and analyzing problematic trends such as high staff turnover.