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Juvie link roundup

Scott Henson
March 21, 2012 09:52

Grits would like to pass on a few links related to juvenile justice issues for interested readers, even if I don't have time right now to delve too deeply into them.The new website for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) is now filled out somewhat beyond the "shell" phase of its initial...

TCJC: Giddings youth feel safe, though 85% were in a fight since arrival

Scott Henson
March 14, 2012 18:59

Via Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune:More than 100 youths surveyed at one of the state's largest juvenile correctional facilities said their most important concern is attacks from their peers, according to a report released today by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition."They had a lot of...

Townsend: 52% in Texas youth prisons suffer mental health problems

Scott Henson
March 07, 2012 14:15

It's been frequently observed that adult jails and prisons are becoming society's de facto inpatient mental health facilities because they incarcerate so many offenders with serious mental illnesses. But if official data are to be believed, that may be even more true in the juvenile system....

TYC prescribed drug while Attorney General sued over its off-label use with children

Scott Henson
March 05, 2012 12:23

Here's an ironic story from a Dallas TV station that speaks as much to the overmedication of youth in the juvenile justice system as to flaws in Medicaid billing. It opens:The state won a $158 million settlement last month from a pharmaceutical company that the Texas attorney general said ...

Advocates: Spend 1% of justice budgets on juvenile programming for at-risk youth

Scott Henson
October 20, 2011 12:30

Three local contributors from the Council on At-Risk Youth have an op ed in the Austin Statesman today that may interest Grits readers concerned with juvenile justice. Noting that 30% of arrests in Travis County last year involved juveniles, the editorial concludes: The pipeline from the school...