Former TJJD worker indicted after Giddings State School incident
A grand jury has indicted a former correctional officer with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for allegedly inappropriately touching an underage male.
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A grand jury has indicted a former correctional officer with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for allegedly inappropriately touching an underage male.
Visits to Texas’ severely understaffed youth prisons show suicide attempts without intervention, water bottles being used as makeshift toilets, and a rash of possibly gang-related fights.
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.
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.
Almost 600 Texas youth are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse