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In 1983 the Texas Legislature gave the agency its current name, the Texas Youth Commission. [3] In September 2008 the TYC had 2,200 inmates, half the number it had 18 months previously. [4] On June 3, 2011, the TYC announced that it was closing three facilities by August 31, 2011, affecting 700 employees and 400 prisoners, due to state budget ...
The TYC governing board's original agenda had plans to close both McLennan County units, but the board changed its plans. [21] The units are about 20 miles (32 km) south of Waco. [22] It formerly housed admissions and orientation for male TJJD inmates. [23] Halfway houses: [24] Ayres House - San Antonio; Brownwood Halfway House - Brownwood (closed)
The West Texas State School (WTSS, originally the West Texas Children's Home of Pyote) was a juvenile detention facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission that closed on August 31, 2010. [1] It was located in unincorporated central Ward County, Texas, [2] [3] along the southwestern edge of Pyote, [4] on Interstate 20 [5] between El Paso ...
The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, failing to protect them ...
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...
Gatesville also housed the reception center for boys entering TYC. [8] In 1971 a class-action lawsuit was filed against the Texas Youth Council on behalf of the children in TYC facilities. In 1974 the school had 1,500 boys over 250 staff members. During that year, federal judge William Wayne Justice ruled on Morales v. Turman.
Brownwood is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. [4] The population was 18,862 as of the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Brownwood is in the Texas Hill Country and is home to Howard Payne University , which was founded in 1889.
Brown County is a county in west-central Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,095. [1] [2] Its county seat is Brownwood. [3]The county was founded in 1856 and organized in 1858. [4]