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Boyd chairs the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Judicial Section of the State Bar of Texas, and was a member of the Board of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. [5] She chaired the Juvenile Law Section of the State Bar of Texas from 1993 to 1994. [5] Boyd served as President of the Fort Worth-Tarrant Count Young Lawyers Association in ...
The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, failing to protect them ...
The U.S. Justice Department says that Texas juvenile detention centers have violated children's Eighth and 14th Amendment rights, as well as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and ...
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...
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 ]
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department was established by the legislature to manage and oversee the agencies that were abolished. There is a board that includes 11 members that are responsible for overseeing juvenile justice services from entry to the discharge of the youth; the board was selected by the Governor of Texas with Texas Senate ...
Federal investigators began probing the Texas Juvenile Justice Department after advocates complained about the treatment of children who had stayed at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center ...
In 1918, the Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (TFCWC) began to petition the state of Texas to create a "state-sponsored home for delinquent girls" and the club would donate the land. [4] A member of the club, Carrie Adams, was very vocal in the need to create a training school for "delinquent black girls."