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Thread (Discussion): Abuse on the rise in Texas juvenile prisons

By the time a rash of abuses occurred at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in late 2004, the agency had seen an in-crease in abuses for a year.

In November 2004, guards from a TYC task force who had been sent to Evins to quash riots there also committed abuses over a period of several days. Eight cases were confirmed that month alone, more than the previous four years combined.

Eight officers abused youth, investigators confirmed. Four were fired, one received a written reprimand, and three ap-pealed and had their cases overturned.

The abuse left children injured, it hurt morale, sparked lawsuits and terrified parents.

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