2025

By TJJD Communications — After weeks – no wait, months. Actually, strike that. After YEARS of work, the TJJD Connect project is complete! Connect will […]

By David N. Krough, TJJD Communications — Dallas County Juvenile Probation Services staff want to make sure that youth they serve can complete their educational

By TJJD Communications — The Recreation Department hosted a track meet at Mart State Juvenile Correctional Facility over their spring break. Youth competed in shot

By David N. Krough, TJJD Communications —   Dr. Jacqueline Page, an expert in sexual behavior treatment, presented in Austin last week on family reunification training

By David N. Krough, TJJD Communications —  The Agricultural Mechanics students at Mart State Juvenile Correctional Facility recently refurbished a tractor as one of their

By David N. Krough, TJJD Communications — There’s a lot more to just winning games when it comes to sports for youth at TJJD. The

By TJJD Communications — TJJD has hired a new member for its executive team to lead work on a statewide community-based continuum of care model.

By David N. Krough, TJJD Communications — Child trafficking survivors call Midland Juvenile Probation Officer Vicki Maestas the “teen whisperer” for her abilities to help

By TJJD Communications Who wants to be in prison? No one right? Easy answer. But when you’re 15 and angry and unmoored, you may not

With much of Central, East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley under a Winter Storm Warning from Monday afternoon or evening, Jan 20., through Tuesday,

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications — The BARK dorm at Gainesville State Juvenile Correctional Facility celebrated a belated first anniversary last week in a ceremony