March 19, 2007
DOJ finally getting involved in TYC...
This is what I hope will be the last post about the TYC scandal. It's not that we don't think it's important. It's that each new revelation nauseates us more than the last. Kuff's saying that the DOJ has sent a letter to 39% asking him to DO SOMETHING...
A South Texas juvenile corrections facility run by the Texas Youth Commission is so "chaotic and dangerous" that it violates the constitutional rights of the youth incarcerated there, the U.S. Justice Department told state officials Thursday.Youth-on-youth assaults at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg are five times the national average, the report said, and in one instance last year a corrections officer tried to subdue an unruly youth by pushing his eyes "back into his face."
A 14-page letter from Justice officials to Gov. Rick Perry detailed repeated patterns of violence that injured both youths and corrections officers at Evins. The report said the facility is poorly designed, insufficiently staffed and has corrections officers who are poorly trained.
The letter said if the problems are not fixed within 49 days, the department's Civil Rights Division may file suit against Texas to bring the facility into compliance.
I guess the DOJ hasn't been paying attention to Robert Black's valiant efforts to deflect this miasma from 39%, who is (in case you were wondering) the one ultimately responsible. I will say it's great that they are finally getting involved with this after ignoring and actively trying to cover it up for a LONG time (mad props to the LSP for picking up on that).
Posted by mcblogger at March 19, 2007 11:51 AM
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