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.
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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.
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.
By BILL MURPHY
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
First stop in youth prison system is most abusive, records show
March 20, 2006
Elizabeth Pierson
The Monitor
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.