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Department of Justice investigating excessive force, isolation in KY’s juvenile jails
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA federal civil-rights investigation into how youths are treated inside the eight detention centers...
Taylor commissioners examining proposed state juvenile pre-adjudication facility
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTaylor County commissioner took no action Tuesday on a notice received from the Texas Juvenile...
Juvenile officer’s do-not-hire status initially reversed amid sexual misconduct investigation
KXAN via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe Texas Juvenile Justice Department allowed a juvenile corrections officer who was being...
Texas juvenile prisons suspend intakes, isolate kids up to 22 hours due to staff shortages
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoShortages have limited employees in effectively rehabilitating children and could lead to “an...
Former Austin ISD tutor and juvenile corrections officer faces more charges of indecency with...
KXAN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA former juvenile corrections officer and former Austin ISD tutor has been indicted on felony...
$1 million grant passes in Angelina County to expand juvenile detention center
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 2 months agoANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — The Angelina County Commissioners Court approved a $1 million grant...
New South Carolina juvenile justice chief pushes reforms
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTurning around South Carolina’s chronically dangerous juvenile prisons is now the job of a...
Former Austin ISD tutor was banned from working in state juvenile detention centers
KXAN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe person accused of inappropriately touching a student during a tutoring session this semester at...
Almost 600 Texas youth are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their...
Tarrant juvenile detention officer fired for smuggling in snacks, vape pens, report says
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 3 months agoTarrant County Juvenile Services fired a juvenile detention officer after he allegedly smuggled in...