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Thread (Discussion): Abuse on the rise in Texas juvenile prisons
Message 174534
Posted by Navigatr1
on Mar 20, 2006 03:33 PM | Also by Navigatr1
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Little boys, big time
Abuse on the rise in Texas juvenile prisons
Agency says turnover, inadequate training is to blame
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_comments.php?id=P69837_0_10_0
BY ELIZABETH PIERSON
The Brownsville Herald
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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