Juvenile Justice

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

In an email last week, interim director Shandra Carter described the move as having "no other option."

From Texas Standard:Children housed at Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or TJJD, facilities routinely suffer sexual assault, physical abuse and other…

At what age can you be charged with a crime in Texas? The question appears on a screen in front of a group of teenagers at the Boys and Girls Club in…

Last week in Waco, two teams met to play for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools’ (TAPPS) six-man football division final. The paths…

From Texas Standard:There’s a shakeup going on at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department after a Dallas Morning News investigation revealed widespread…

Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Rangers to open an investigation into reports of sexual misconduct at the state's juvenile lockups.Abbott sent a…

From Texas Standard.Last month, the Dallas Morning News uncovered an internal email from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. It said that at least four…

The Austin City Council approved a resolution Thursday to create a study committee on the school-to-prison pipeline. That's a term used to describe…

In a unanimous vote, the Austin City Council ended the city's late-night curfew for minors last night.The ordinance, which made it a Class C misdemeanor…