It was announced on June 6, 2008, in the Waco Tribune-Herald and Grits for Breakfast that the Texas Youth Commission will be replacing its long term isolation program for violent incarcerated youths with a “behavior management program” due to staffing shortages.
A staffing shortage at a local Texas Youth Commission facility should be alleviated by [...]
As noted in the must-read blog Grits for Breakfast, Texas Monthly Magazine featured Will Harrell, ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission, as one of 35 People Who Will Shape Our Future. Named as the first independent ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission following a sexual abuse scandal that forced TYC into conservatorship, Harrell is largely [...]
One of our previous posts Texas Youth Commission blasted for keeping juveniles in isolation or days or weeks at a time mentioned a memo created by Will Harrell, Chief Ombudsman Texas Youth Commission (TYC) and sent to Dimitria Pope, Acting Director at TYC. Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast has posted a link the full [...]
