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Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley wants to address problems with the county’s juvenile justice system.
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In an email last week, interim director Shandra Carter described the move as having "no other option."
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Camille Cain departed the beleaguered agency after four years and mixed results at reforming the agency which is now under federal investigation.
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The court-appointed watchdogs expressed concern after learning that a caretaker accused of exploiting children at a state-licensed facility in Bastrop had been previously fired from a state juvenile justice facility for misconduct.
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Children housed at Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or TJJD, facilities routinely suffer sexual assault, physical abuse and other forms of mistreatment, according to a complaint sent to the U.S. Department of Justice by two Texas justice groups last week.
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In Dallas, two programs aim to shift the conversation around juvenile justice — one by bringing young people into the kitchen, and the other by using art…
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Last week in Waco, two teams met to play for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools’ (TAPPS) six-man football division final. The paths...
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From Texas Standard . Amid allegations of physical and sexual abuse of minors in the state’s juvenile lockups, the scandal-rocked Texas Juvenile Justice...
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From Texas Standard: There’s a shakeup going on at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department after a Dallas Morning News investigation revealed widespread...
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From Texas Standard : Texas is one of six states that tries 17-year-olds as adults. But a new bill wants Texas to follow the national trend of raising...
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A new report examines the high cost of court fines and fees and how they can trap minority kids in a downward spiral. Alex Piquero with the University of…
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More than a year after state lawmakers told it to stop incarcerating so many teenagers, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department has diverted 52 juvenile…