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Guards on the defensive

BY ELIZABETH PIERSON The Brownsville Herald

March 19, 2006 - AUSTIN - If records show that young people in juvenile prisons are taking punches, guards say they, too, are getting pummeled.

March 19, 2006 Students' Rights

Racial Profiling Report Released

Continued Use of Race, Over-Use of Consent Searches Reported

Sweeping report reveals some improvement, continued problems in the way agencies use consent searches.

AUSTIN - Many Texas law enforcement agencies continue to use consent searches inconsistently and inappropriately, a

February 17, 2006