State lawmakers didn’t seem swayed by top officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, who said on Monday that ...

physical and sexual abuse in the state’s youth facilities. The governing board of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is disputing the accuracy of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Texas Juvenile Justice Department has clearly neglected to prioritize its stated mission of creating "protective, not ...

The new interim head of the Dallas County Juvenile Department has begun righting the ship after a tsunami of abuse ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The agency that oversees juvenile correctional facilities in Texas is defending itself against accusations of civil rights violations. During a Texas House committee hearing Monday ...

Texas is asking 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to bump Judge Janis Jack from yearslong foster care case and look the other way ...

DALLAS – A familiar face has been tapped to lead Dallas County's Juvenile Department at a critical time, as the department faces two state investigations over allegations of abuse. "We need to ...

a juvenile, confessed to also sexually abusing one of the girls. Govan is being held at the Brazos County Detention Center ...

Right now the organization is under a 60 day probation by the Oklahoma Juvenile Authority, a state agency, after a lawsuit filed claims of pervasive abuse. It also follows the arrest of two former ...

Top officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department told state lawmakers Monday that the alleged rampant abuse within ...

Top officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department told state lawmakers Monday that the alleged rampant abuse within the agency’s facilities were due to low staffing levels and aren’t ...