2023

This National Correctional Officers Week we hope everyone enjoyed the lunches, tchotchkes, reusable water bottles, treats and general celebrations that Superintendents and many others put […]

By TJJD Communications For a lot of us, it can be easy to forget how big the state of Texas is. This isn’t a problem

By Kevin Hill, Volunteer Coordinator, Gainesville State School Gainesville State School hosted a drug and alcohol awareness seminar recently conducted by the Correctional Medicine Interest

By TJJD Communications The staff and volunteers at our facilities are always looking for new ways to help the youth in our care learn to

By TJJD Communications Don Finley has learned many things in over 25 years serving Texas youth, but when asked what the most important part of

By TJJD Communications As a “foodie at heart,” Sarah Wall loves working on the menus at TJJD. “It’s kind of like working on a puzzle,

By TJJD Communications Martin Luther King, Jr. said “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” This especially comes to mind right now as April

By TJJD Communications The Giddings State School was proud to host an Open House and Family Day at the campus on Saturday, March 25. Family

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications Jennifer Brown has always embraced challenges, both in her earlier career as a teacher and principal, and since coming to

By Fidel Garcia, Community Volunteer Coordinator, Evins Regional Juvenile Center Last month, the Volunteer Council serving the Evins campus, in Edinburg, sponsored an Easter family

By TJJD Communications Everyone who excels in their work has their own style, their own approach to how they go about it. What Monica Harrison

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications Texas Juvenile Justice Department is pleased to welcome Henry Schmidt III, Ph.D., a former clinical director for Washington State’s Juvenile