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According to the new report, problems at Texas juvenile facilities have persisted for years, leading the state to place the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under conservatorship in 2007.
About 900 youth are detained in understaffed and outdated juvenile facilities across the state, Henneke said, adding that the problems they face in the lockups highlight structural challenges ...
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulation of child care facilities, placed Camp Worth on probation in August 2022.
The popular news media plays a crucial role in promoting the myth of a new generation of young "super-predators" threatening the public. [9] Despite documented decreases in youth crime, particularly in violent crime which indicate a 68% decline in youth homicide in the 1990s, overall media coverage of youth crime is increasing. [10]
In 2007, the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) announced that Giddings would become male only. [6] As of 2010 Giddings is classified as a high security facility. [2] In January 2012 115 inmates took a survey from Benet Magnuson, a juvenile justice analyst, and his team of researchers from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition.
Harris County Juvenile Justice Center. The American juvenile justice system is the primary system used to handle minors who are convicted of criminal offenses. The system is composed of a federal and many separate state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, with states and the federal government sharing sovereign police power under the common authority of the United States Constitution.
Texas’ foster care system has long been plagued by abuse and neglect allegations, and a lack of placements for vulnerable children. The state’s new community-based care approach aims to change ...
Paxton, in a tweet earlier this week explaining his formal opinion, said, "Sex-change operations and puberty blockers prescribed to kids is ‘child abuse’ under Texas law. These procedures are ...