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20 Oct 2010, 9:56 am
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16 Nov 2007, 1:46 am
Arlene Wohlgemuth helped an inexperienced vendor with a troubled past get a no-bid contract with the Texas Youth Commission, reports Steve McGonigle at the Dallas News ("TYC hands contract to controversial ex-official," Nov. 16):Top executives of the Texas Youth Commission awarded a no-bid contract to a former state official with a slim record in juvenile justice but a long history of controversial business dealings with public… [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 3:24 pm
From the Dallas News Crime Blog:The Tarrant County District Attorney's office is asking the state Attorney General whether the Texas Youth Commission can make juveniles register as sex offenders. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 11:17 am
Thanks to a commenter for letting me know the Texas Youth Commission Executive Director Dimitria Pope is holding a "State of the Agency Tour" to inform staff and the public what's going on at the troubled youth prison agency where an internationally publicized sex scandal led to incomplete, sometimes eviscerating reforms. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 10:54 pm
Youth Commission spokesman Jim Hurley said officials are evaluating a dozen or so responses received from bidders. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 6:13 pm
Dolin, an Austin attorney who had been hired to defend Ray Brookins in the ongoing probe of sexual abuses at a Texas Youth Commission jail, stopped appearing in court after being arrested, according to records filed by the Texas Attorney General's Office.Prosecutors, according to the court records, learned of the arrest in February. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 7:10 am
Today the Sunset Advisory Commission will receive public testimony regarding several agencies including the Texas Jail Standards Commission, the Youth Commission, and the Juvenile Probation Commission, among others (see the agenda). [read post]
23 Nov 2008, 1:59 pm
The Texas Youth Commission's current assessment tools are not validated and may not assess risk in line with national best practices. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 3:43 pm
John Whitmire's idea for downsizing the Texas Youth Commission and shifting more responsibility to counties, an aide to Sen. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 9:36 am
Of two Texas Youth Commission facilities transferred to the adult prison system, TDCJ chief Brad Livingston told the Senate Criminal Justice Committee yesterday, the agency has only opened one so far, adding 606 beds, and has no immediate plans to open the second one.The decline in probation revocations thanks to new treatment and diversion funds had "a lot to do with" the reduced demand for new beds, said Livingston. [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 8:10 am
The Texas Youth Commission will end its "aggression management" program in which violent youth were kept in individual cells for months on end, a welcome move away from the use of adult corrections techniques imposed by the agency's last conservator.TYC eliminated the program because extensive use of isolation did not reflect national best practices, said spokesman Jim Hurley, and also to alleviate staffing shortages at the Mart 1 unit. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 10:11 pm
In the wake of the global financial crisis and the collapse of the economy the Irish government implemented a structural adjustment program at the behest of the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank. [read post]
29 Dec 2007, 10:55 pm
Texas Youth Commission previously dismissed Missouri's approach, but I'm hoping the new conservator will provide leadership to take the agency in that direction. [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 10:54 pm
I know a lot of Texas Youth Commission employees have been waiting for the day this article showed up in the MSM - read the whole thing.Advocacy Inc. will depose Humphrey on Friday to prepare for a court hearing next week on whether the agency violated an agreed court order retracting an illegally installed policy expanding use of pepper spray on youth. [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 12:24 am
Though he was pretty quiet over the holidays, initial noises emanating from the Texas Youth Commission's new conservator, Richard Nedelkoff, so far sound pretty encouraging, at least judging by this morning's Austin Statesman ("New Youth Commission Conservator Vows to be Hands On," Jan. 12):"I have clearly articulated my desire to be a very active conservator," Nedelkoff said in an interview with the American-Statesman. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 12:21 pm
Those looking forward to learning more about the proposed merger between the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission, here's the event for you, at least before we get to the big hearing on Wednesday. [read post]
1 Aug 2010, 5:44 am
I've seen reports of similar programs in adult settings and always thought it was a good idea, so I'm pleased to see notice on the Texas Youth Commission website that the Ron Jackson unit in Brownwood, which houses female juvenile inmates, is experimenting with youth training dogs as part of their treatment curriculum:PAWS is a unique program that uses the natural relationship that comes from the bond between humans and animals living together and being… [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 1:03 am
Several new rules just took effect at the Texas Youth Commission that have received little attention and surprisingly no public comment since they were proposed in April. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 5:54 pm
A Texas Youth Commission press release says Executive Director Dwight Harris resigned as direct fallout from the alleged sex abuse scandal at the Pyote facility in West Texas, a story broken in the Texas Observer last week. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 1:42 pm
Judge Darlene Byrne, of the 126th Civil District Court in Travis County, and the Supreme Court of Texas Children’s Commission presented its child welfare system report at the Texas Law Center in Austin on February 8. [read post]
