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| Large youth prisons examined |
| By The Dallas Morning News |
| Published: 04/16/2008 |
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TEXAS - At least one Texas lawmaker wants to partially abandon the state’s long-time strategy of farming youth offenders out to large, remote prisons – in favor of small, community-based facilities closer to their homes. At a joint committee meeting on the Texas Youth Commission on Wednesday, Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, is expected to offer more details on his proposal to decentralize the state’s juvenile justice system, which came under fire last year for widespread reports of physical and sexual abuse. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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