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Criminal Justice

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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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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Criminal Justice

U.S. Department of Justice investigating abuse, mistreatment at Texas’ juvenile lockups

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on October 13, 2021 · The department says it’s looking into whether the Texas Juvenile Justice Department provides “reasonable protection from physical and sexual abuse by staff and other residents, excessive use of chemical restraints and excessive use of isolation.”

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Full Show: No Knock Warrants, And Bringing The Arts To Juvenile Detention, (March 22, 2019)

Abner Fletcher

Posted on March 22, 2019 · On Friday's Houston Matters: New rules for no-knock warrants, bringing the arts to at-risk youth, breaking down The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the news, and an informal spelling bee.

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