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The Department of Justice found that Texas’ youth lockups remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and keeping children isolated in cells for most of the time (Google Maps)
Aug. 1—The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday announced its findings following an extensive investigation into claims of abuse, deprivation of essential services and disability-related ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 2001, an 18-year-old committed to a Texas boot camp operated by one of Slattery’s previous companies, Correctional Services Corp., came down with pneumonia and pleaded to see a doctor as he struggled to breathe. Guards accused the teen of faking it and forced him to do pushups in his own vomit, according to Texas law enforcement reports ...
The West Texas State School (WTSS, originally the West Texas Children's Home of Pyote) was a juvenile detention facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission that closed on August 31, 2010. [1] It was located in unincorporated central Ward County, Texas, [2] [3] along the southwestern edge of Pyote, [4] on Interstate 20 [5] between El Paso ...
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 Gainesville State School is a juvenile correctional facility of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in unincorporated Cooke County, Texas, [1] near Gainesville.The fenced, maximum security state school is located on a 160-acre (65 ha) tract east of Gainesville, [2] 75 miles (121 km) north of Dallas, along Farm to Market Road 678 and near Interstate 35.