Juvenile Board

A Dallas County Juvenile Department officer has been at Parkland Hospital since an April 7 incident involving a detainee.

H. Lynn Hadnot has been named Dallas County's juvenile director. He'll oversees the juvenile department, and the detention center — and head the board.

Dallas County juvenile Board members plan to begin finalist interviews for a new juvenile department director before Thanksgiving.

Dallas County's juvenile detention center was investigated in 2023 after allegations of cruelty, filth and long-term isolation.

The decision against renewing the three contracts came after juvenile board members raised concerns about language on the programs' website.

Three programs aimed at rehabilitating troubled youth will lose funding before the Tarrant County Juvenile Board's next meeting Sept. 18 — without community feedback.

Previous executive director Mike Griffiths has resumed the post three weeks after Darryl Beatty resigned following a state inspection confirmation of poor conditions and mistreatment in the juvenile detention center.