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12 Oct, 2008 11:23 pm
... ombudsman is a state agency established for the purpose of investigating, evaluating, and securing the rights of the children committed to the commission, including a child released under supervision before final discharge."[4] TYC in 2008 TYC is ... .
http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/ombudsman/rept_education/education_report.pdf [10] The Office of the Independent Ombudsman for the Texas
Youth Commission Third Quarter Report. (July 2008). [11] The Office of the Independent Ombudsman for
the Texas Youth ...
29 Apr 8:44 am
... subject to the Sunset Act and will be abolished September 1, 2009, unless continued by the Texas Legislature during this legislative
session. In [...] Related posts: Texas Youth Commission:
Recommendations for a Juvenile Correctional Agency Texas Youth Commission The Texas ... Legislation Watch: Rerouting First Time Juvenile Offenders Out of the Juvenile Justice
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28 Feb, 2007 10:11 am
... Justice Committee hearing on SB 103 related to safety and accountability reforms at the Texas Youth Commission: "Texan Calls for Takeover of State's Juvenile Schools" by Ralph Blumenthal. ... Laylan Copelin.
Austin American Statesman. February 27, 2007. "Widespread abuse feared at youth prisons" by Lisa Sandberg. San Antonio News Express. February
27, 2007. " ... John Moritz. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Feb. 28, 2007 "Senator blasts youth agency leadership" by Lisa Sandberg. 02/27/2007. San
Antonio News ...
5 Nov, 2007 6:11 am
... Legislature told county jurists they could no longer sentence hundreds of misdemeanor offenders to state facilities. The result: The Texas
Youth Commission housed about 4,500 kids when 2007 began, compared with about 3,100 today. And thanks
to new rule ... to guard so many prisoners, or taxpayers become unwilling to endlessly foot the bill. The United States in general and Texas in
particular should by now have taught the rest of the world that responding to social problems (e.g., substance abuse, ...
5 Aug, 2007 4:16 am
... a source in Huntsville that stated that at least five current TDCJ wardens will be hired by the new Texas youth Commission's head man, Ed Owens in the next few months. At least one has already left TDCJ employment and is
currently in Austin working for the agency in an ... -experienced staff members due to the lack of interest in those positions by the seasoned staff. I say to you Texas legislators that read this website, it's time to put the brakes on this move, fix one agency before ...
8 Oct, 2007 10:03 am
... to investigators about the incident, and prison officials ruled that the allegation was "unconfirmed," according to Tim Savoy, a spokesman for the Texas Youth Commission, the state's juvenile corrections agency. But on
Feb. 24, 2007, another abuse allegation against the same ... up on this story. The portrayal of Shaquanda Cotton's case was an important but incomplete look at problems with
Texas juvenile justice. The biggest issues aren't all or even mainly about race. White kids get abused as ...
9 Aug, 2008 12:04 am
EDITORIAL Texas Youth Commission still staggering toward
reform Youth Commission efforts to expand facilities makes some sense but falls short Thursday,
August 07, 2008 Austin American-Statesman The Texas Youth Commission is still struggling to right itself after last year's eruption...
16 Jan, 2008 10:52 am
In Watchdog: TYC isolating youth offenders, the Houston Chronicle's Lisa Sandberg reports that the Texas Youth Commission, charged with the care, custody and rehabilitation
of youth in the juvenile justice system in Texas, is accused of keeping ... termed the "Behavior
Management Program") "has been steadily creeping upward since August, from 52 then to 82 now." Youths can't be placed in the Behavior Management Program without a due process
hearing, an individualized treatment plan and without ...
16 Mar, 2007 12:38 am
More news from all over on the Texas Youth Commission
debacle: Texas Youth Commission board to resign, but is it
too little too late? Jessica Farrar: Lege helped cause TYC troubles Bad apple guard migrated from TDCJ to TYC UTMB officials testify about TYC ... the exception? Did Al Gonzales and
Johnny Sutton blow the TYC case? Harris County has its own youth lockup problems, state report finds Watchdog to monitor TYC in Harris County
TYC odds and ends from ...
26 Mar, 2007 6:12 am
... busy, but I couldn't go any longer without at least blogging about the growing scandal surrounding the Texas Youth Commission. The Texas Youth Commission runs all the state facilities for juvenile offenders. It's like the Board of Prisons or Department
... children who refused were given extended sentences. Last week, the entire board of TYC was forced to resign. In addition to coverage in Texas, the New York Times has been covering the story extensively. I haven't seen a single thing about this on ...
17 Sep, 2007 7:44 am
... more sordid chapter in the history of a prison system accused of condoning rape and other assaults. A federal judge who oversaw Texas
prisons for 20 years once complained there was "an affirmative management strategy to permit the use of excessive force for both punishment and ... Now that same troubled institution
has been tapped to supply new leadership to another prison system brought down by physical and sexual abuse of inmates, official cover-ups and mismanagement - the Texas Youth Commission.
3 Apr, 2008 2:21 pm
That could be in the works, according to two articles published today: Youth Commission could face
closure, radical change, lawmakers say, Austin Statesman Houston Senator Whitmire wants to abolish TYC, Houston Chronicle In addition, though it's not posted yet so this announcement
could be premature, I understand the TYC Joint Select Committee will meet again on April 16th, so maybe we'll hear more then about what these proposals might really mean in practice.
30 Apr, 2007 4:47 am
17 Dec, 2007 5:14 am
21 Oct, 2007 12:02 am
I wanted to point Grits readers to several disparate items related to the Texas Youth Commission: Joint Legislative Hearing Monday Week After legislative committees met to discuss TYC in each of the last two weeks, ... TYC executive
commissioner Dimitria Pope had to cancel a scheduled speaking engagement in Lubbock at the statewide conference of the Juvenile Justice Association of Texas in order to attend the hearing. Guess who they invited to fill her speaking slot?! (Hint: Initials are GFB.) Mart ...
15 Oct, 2007 11:18 pm
... has not yet been posted online, according to the Austin Statesman ("Texas Youth Commission conservator backs agency leadership but wants out," Oct. 16), ... competence? Owens hasn't even been coming in to work for months.) On the eve of a
Texas House Corrections Committee meeting monitoring the implementation of reform legislation, Owens chose ... Moore at the New York Times
today published an article ("Troubles mount within Texas youth detention facilities," Oct. 16) on
TYC's continuing tale of woe, ...
16 Jan, 2007 12:55 pm
... -1/2 times from 2002 through 2005, according to information provided by TYC for the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee's interim
report (pdf, p. 17). ... "TYC adheres to the Family Code definitions of abuse, neglect and exploitation as abuses the Commission is mandated to
investigate. (The above data excludes allegations of sexual abuse, neglect and ... guards hired making it past six months on the job, it sounds like the Texas Youth Commission faces a real crisis, doesn't it? It's amazing to
me, but ...
16 Oct, 2007 7:30 am
For those who missed Friday's hearing on monitoring of private youth prisons by the Texas
Youth Commission (and who don't have 3.5 hours to watch the proceedings online), the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition has summarized the ... to discuss. To TYC employees and anyone else interested in the agency, use the comments as an Open
Thread to say: What would you tell the Texas Legislature about SB 103 and its implementation? What questions should legislators ask? Here's the
text of the bill as finally ...
2 Nov, 2007 7:08 am
A New York Times staff editorial today recommended that it's time to "raze" the Texas Youth
Commission and try a different approach: Texas is reeling from the allegations of brutality, neglect
and sexual abuse that have rocked its ... shouldn't), it needs management committed to rehabilitating juveniles and it needs to follow the advice of the experts the Governor
commissioned to create a blueprint for reform. On that score, the Times editorial hits the proverbial nail on the head. It's amazing that ...
21 Mar, 2007 7:50 am
Several more items related to the Texas Youth Commission
deserve Grits readers attention: The House Corrections Committee will hold hearings Thursday and Friday to hear bills related ... , wonders what did Rick Perry's people know? R.G.
Ratcliffe at Texas Politics also says Perry should have seen the scandal coming. The Supreme Irony ... Chronicle reports that a grand jury is
finally hearing testimony regarding alleged West Texas sex abuse cases. Quorum Report says the House today endorsed an amendment ...
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