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Almost 600 Texas youth are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 2, 2022 · The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

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Detained Fathers Turn to Hunger Strike

John Burnett, NPR

Posted on August 3, 2018 · Immigrant families held at the Karnes County Residential Center in Texas are striking to protest their imprisonment

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Federal Investigation Finds ‘Significant Issues’ At Immigrant Detention Centers

Richard Gonzales, NPR

Posted on December 15, 2017 · An inspector general's report says immigrant detainees' rights, health and safety are compromised in four facilities. In response, ICE agrees to strengthen oversight and improve conditions

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Majority of Texas children are kept on probation despite being low risk for rearrest, new report says

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 5, 2023 · The report also found racial disparities among Texas children placed on probation, with Black children making up 27% of supervised youth throughout the state despite accounting for only 13% of Texas' population.

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Texas’ juvenile justice system provides an ‘unsafe environment’ for detained children, report says

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 30, 2023 · The report found that despite most children having "clear mental health needs," the Texas Juvenile Justice Department lacks enough resources and staff to "provide proper treatment" for children who are in custody. 

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Texas juvenile detention system closes doors to new children

Paul Flahive, TPR

Posted on July 7, 2022 · In an email last week, interim director Shandra Carter described the move as having "no other option."

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Texas’ Juvenile Justice Department could be on the chopping block

Paul Flahive, TPR

Posted on June 23, 2022 · Sunset Advisory commission met to discuss the fate of the system that the interim director said was "collapsing."

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