In my colleague’s post, What Does Justice Mean For a 14 Year Old Girl Who Kills Her New Born Son? (07/02/08) he references the surprisingly common case of a woman who was unaware of her pregnancy until going to an ER in pain. It was her second child. The Baytown girl charged with capital murder also claims that she was unaware of her [...]
Unfortunately, children are sometimes confronted with serious adult situations with lifelong consequences. On April 2, 2008, a fourteen year old Baytown girl encountered such a situation when she gave birth to a baby in the restroom of her junior high school (Houston Chronicle Story). According to the girl’s lawyer, she was unaware she was pregnant [...]
It was reported in the Houston Chronicle in the article ACLU Sues State Juvenile Prison System, that the American Civil Liberties Union was suing the Texas Youth Commission due to allegations that the TYC subjected female inmates to mistreatment and abuse.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit against the Texas Youth Commission on [...]
Girl Scout Troop 1500, led by social worker Julia Cuba, has a unique mission - the approximately 50 members make a monthly visits to Gatesville Women’s Prison, a chance for the scouts of Troop 1500 to see their moms. In the documentary of the same name by Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein, the filmmakers follow [...]
