Youth justice advocates, including some Houstonians, are fighting in support of a bill that would see the closure of the state's five juvenile detention centers, which they say have been beset by 'dangerous and inhumane conditions.'
Youths walk by the windows of the dining hall on their way to lunch Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at the Giddings State School in Giddings, Texas. Giddings State School is a juvenile detention facility east of Austin serving time with the Texas Youth Commission for a variety of crimes including aggravated assault, sexual assault, car theft to capital murder.
"TJJD failed me," said Jernard Brown, 23, of the Houston-based Collective Action for Youth, a member of the youth-led Finish the 5 campaign."We punish and condemn them like they're wrong, when they were taught those things. It starts at home and we got to do better in the community." "Rehabilitation programs, as well as detention, occur at both the county and state level, but with the state facilities serving as a place for the highest-level, highest-need offenders as determined by juvenile probation court judges. We are confident that TJJD has the collective skill, expertise, and experience to serve these youth and operate these rehabilitative programs," the statement reads.
found that up to 75 percent of youth who were imprisoned are re-arrested within three years of release Other members of the Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee, however, appeared skeptical of Talarico's plan, and expressed support for county juvenile probation chiefs who spoke in opposition to the bill. County chiefs argued they needed more resources to hire more staff, which in turn would allow for more rehabilitation programs, and that detention centers were necessary in extreme cases.
"Instead, investment in TJJD’s state- and county-level duties is needed to stabilize the agency and help balance its focus between safe facility management and increased regional diversion," the commission stated.
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