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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Children held in juvenile ... abuse and neglect and have always fully rejected any abusive behaviors at our campuses.” While the Justice Department recommended that the detention centers work ...

Less than a year after a scathing report from the Department of Justice found that Texas juvenile prisons ... in its five youth prisons, in juvenile detention centers across the state and through ...

A former juvenile correction officer was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a teenager in custody at a Texas detention center, according to the state. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department ...

Since the law took effect, more than 3,500 people have filed lawsuits against Maryland state agencies, many alleging abuse in the state’s juvenile detention ... of Texas at Austin, which ...