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13 Sep 2007, 9:49 am
The impact of understaffing problems on health care for kids incarcerated in Texas youth prisons was described to agency officials and the Texas Legislature this spring in a detailed spot-analysis by the American Correctional Association.I just received a copy of the report evaluating Texas Youth Commission health services by the ACA on April 30, 2007, in response to an open record request. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 8:10 am
I've been considering the possibility that Grits for Breakfast might be in a unique position to host a conference on the topic of Juvenile Justice and Reforms at the Texas Youth Commission. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 4:01 pm
Dallas Blog has an interview with House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden about the Texas Youth Commission, prison diversion programs, and what to expect in the 2009 legislative session. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 4:02 am
This afternoon, the House Corrections Committee will be discussing the Texas Youth Commission and Juvenile Probation Commission's Sunset legislation, as well as at a "work session" tomorrow. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 12:19 pm
John Whitmire forwarded a New York Times editorial about the Empire State's dysfunctional juvenile corrections system titled "Two Words: Wasteful and Ineffective" to Members of the Texas Legislature and the board of the Texas Youth Commission with the following addenda:Please see the attached editorial from the New York Times. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 7:31 am
The Sunset Commission is meeting this morning and will soon begin public hearings related to the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission. [read post]
27 May 2010, 3:52 pm
Here's how Youth Today described Spriggs:Vicki Spriggs, executive director of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 2:46 am
The title to this post is the headline from an August 1 Abilene Reporter-News story that described the Texas Youth Commission's new "educational improvement plan. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 1:25 am
Finally, I've got the initial results from a recent open records request to the Texas Youth Commission online. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 4:29 am
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission appropriation also included a provision to address mental health needs. [read post]
3 Nov 2007, 11:15 pm
Holly Becka at the Dallas News today offers up two articles analyzing education at the Texas Youth Commission:Analysis shows Texas Youth Commission failing at educationAn upside for TYC teachers - hazard pay - reflects downsideAmong the highlights:"Schoolwork in solitary confinement was a crossword puzzle or math problems on a single piece of paper. [read post]
25 May 2007, 6:35 am
The Texas Youth Commission has announced they'll begin to gender segregate youth inmates, but will that solve any of the problems identified at the agency? [read post]
28 Aug 2007, 11:02 pm
After months of waiting for a report from the "Blue Ribbon Panel" convened to recommend reforms at the Texas Youth Commission, finally we get a hint at their perspective, and it sounds like some of them don't approve of the direction the agency has taken. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 5:48 am
From Mike Ward at the Statesman:John Moore, a retired U.S. marshal and state trooper, was appointed [Wednesday] to be the new independent ombudsman at the Texas Youth Commission. ...Moore, a Denison resident, is retired after a 25-year career as a federal marshal, and served before that as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper and an officer in the Amarillo Police Department. [read post]
6 May 2011, 5:54 am
House amendments to legislation merging the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission into a new Juvenile Justice Department (SB 653) have been approved by the Senate, and the bill is headed to the Governor. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 7:00 am
The Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families—backed by the Texas Supreme Court—has submitted an application for board certification in the field. [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 1:48 pm
Rick Perry has named Catherine Evans of Dallas to be the Texas Youth Commission independent ombudsman. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 9:20 am
Local courts sent about 51,623 youth to probation departments for supervision, including probation and deferred prosecution, in fi scal year 2007.In its second role, the State operates the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 10:26 am
Though it's a long and substantive document, anyone interested in an inside look at what's going on with education services at the Texas Youth Commission should consider the new report (pdf) from the Ombudsman's office a must-read. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 7:48 am
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series analyzing highlights from the Texas Youth Commission/Juvenile Probation Comission "Sunset" staff report released last month. [read post]
