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| Juvenile center may be converted to federal prison |
| By KXAN-TV |
| Published: 09/27/2004 |
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Talks are underway that could turn the Hays County Juvenile Center into a federal prison, and it will be right by the site of the new San Marcos High School. It's a place for discipline, for rehabilitation and for learning. Soon, the Hays County Juvenile Center could be turned into an adult minimum to medium security prison. "Basically, doubling the capacity of this building, doing away with the education center and the gym and putting a lot of adult inmates in here so the bank can re-coup their money," Brett Littlejohn with the Hays County Juvenile Center said. Littlejohn runs the facility and doesn't like the idea. He says finances are the reason the Hays County Juvenile Board is considering the proposed change. The center's debts are racking up and an adult facility would cost much less to operate. Bad news for the juvenile center and potentially the community. The new San Marcos High School is being built in the same area. "We have several concerns that we need to work with out commissioners on," San Marcos CISD Superintendent Dr. Sylvester Perez said, "But I can tell you that we will look at all the ramifications of building an adult detention center near any of our schools." Letty Clay is a San Marcos resident and a parent of school age children. She says she doesn't like the idea too much either. "I'm totally against it because I have children that will be going there in the near future," Clay said. Attorneys with Hays County say while the county is not financially responsible for paying off the juvenile center's debts, they'll look for options with the juvenile board and the banks to provide the safest environment for students and residents in the area. |
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