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Elected officials express concern over TYC abuse

By Elizabeth Pierson The Brownsville Herald

AUSTIN - Elected officials are vowing to investigate a sharp increase of abuses confirmed in Texas' juvenile prison system.

March 23, 2006

Feds may take on juvenile prison predicament

AUSTIN - The Texas Youth Commission has asked the U.S. Department of Justice for help in assessing the way it reports and investigates abuse against youth in state juvenile prisons.

March 23, 2006

Prison overcrowding back on agenda

Isadora Vail

AUSTIN - Ten years after Texas legislators went on a prison-building binge to ease overcrowding, the issue is back; a big sign that something bigger is wrong with the corrections system and needs to be fixed, criminal justice groups said Wednesday.

March 23, 2006

Crowding lets young offenders out early

By BILL MURPHY

March 20, 2006

First stop in youth prison system is most abusive, records show

March 20, 2006

Elizabeth Pierson

The Monitor

March 20, 2006

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