Texas juvenile detention centers have a decades-long ... their sentence in prison after aging out of juvenile centers. The abuse and neglect have long-lasting effects on an already vulnerable ...

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 ...

A nearly three-year federal investigation into Texas juvenile detention centers operated ... in prison after aging out of juvenile centers. The abuse and neglect have long-lasting effects on ...

Children held in juvenile detention facilities in Texas ... The feds’ report, published on Thursday, found that five Texas facilities engaged in abuse, discrimination and violated the ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The DOJ found that officers overused pepper spray, kept youths in ...

"In three of the five TJJD security facilities ... investigation into alleged widespread abuse and harsh practices within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, which takes in hundreds of young ...

Juveniles at five state detention facilities in Texas were subject ... The Texas Juvenile Justice Department “engaged in a pattern of abuse, deprivation of essential services and disability ...

The Justice Department concluded Thursday after a lengthy investigation that five Texas juvenile detention centers violated children's constitutional and civil rights, part of a nationwide pattern of ...

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 ...