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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? [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 1:12 pm
The Texas Youth Commission runs all the state facilities for juvenile offenders. [read post]
28 Feb 2007, 10:11 am
"Lawmakers decry abuses within Texas Youth Commission. [read post]
5 Aug 2007, 4:16 am
But it's an interesting rumor, and one that makes sense considering what's been happening recently with top management slots at the Texas Youth Commission (TYC).At least five wardens from adult Texas prisons will transfer to work in senior positions at the Texas Youth Commission over the next few months, reports The Back Gate, a Texas prison-guard run blog, attributing the information to an unnamed source at the… [read post]
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 to TYC.Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reported yesterday that Rick Perry probably didn't have Constitutional authority to appoint a special master for TYC.Kuff questions whether the TYC board will be allowed to resign and along with Capitol Annex, wonders what did Rick Perry's… [read post]
21 Nov 2010, 5:52 am
The Sunset Commission issued its 39-page Staff Report (pdf) on the Texas Youth Commission and Juvenile Probation Commission on Friday. [read post]
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 main points from the speakers and legislators.Tomorrow morning the House Corrections Committee will analyze a separate but equally important topic: the Youth Commission's implementation of SB 103,… [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 12:02 am
New York Times covers mounting Youth Commission troublesTexas Senate Committee begins long march toward private prison oversight [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 4:53 am
Here's a prediction based solely on circumstances, I have no inside knowledge: An attorney somewhere in Texas will soon sue the Youth Commission on behalf of one of the 79 youth offenders with determinate sentences being kept there past their 19th birthday.And they'll win.The Dallas News follows up today on the Statesman's Mike Ward's report earlier this week that the Youth Commission will not release 19-20 year olds with… [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 2:42 pm
The post Texas Workforce Commission Awards South Texas College $200,000 appeared first on . [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 2:33 pm
Via press release from the Texas Youth Commission:An exhibition of artwork created by youth in the Texas Youth Commission will open Wednesday, Feb. 2, in the South Gallery of the Capitol Extension. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 1:39 am
From the "It's About Damn Time" Department, an alert reader emails to tell me that the feds have finally filed suit against the Texas Youth Commission in the Southern District. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 9:45 am
I just received this press release announcing that the Sunset Commission has rejected the staff recommendation (pdf) and voted today to merge the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission:Texas Appleseed and two national advocacy groups are praising today’s unanimous Sunset Advisory Commission vote to restructure the state’s juvenile system by abolishing the Texas Youth Commission and the… [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 12:55 pm
Rates of abuse of kids housed at Texas Youth Commission correctional facilities increased more than 3-1/2 times from 2002 through 2005, according to information provided by TYC for the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee's interim report (pdf, p. 17). [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 10:13 am
From the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) Facebook Page: NAICJA Vice President Appointed Commissioner to the Texas Supreme Court’s Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families Our Tribal Courts not only serve our sovereign communities but also seek partnerships at the state and federal level. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 10:59 am
Governor Perry has named the new board of the Texas Youth Commisison, which met on Tuesday for the first time and whose first act was to permanently hire Cherie Townsend as executive director.Here's the press release announcing the appointments. [read post]
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 juvenile justice system. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 8:07 am
”In 2007, following reports that staff at what was then the Texas Youth Commission had sexually and physically abused youths in their custody, legislators passed laws intended to improve conditions at the lockups. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 8:13 am
Earlier this year Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire urged "abolishing" the Texas Youth Commission and moving most juvenile justice functions to the counties. [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 5:50 am
The title of this post is the headline to a Corsicana Sun story published today which informs us that:An innovative new teaching curriculum designed to significantly improve the reading ability of youth in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) was recently launched in all TYC facilities. [read post]
