Juvenile facilities halt entries as rising populations create challenges for youth and staff
July 6, 2024 OLYMPIA, Wash.- On July 5, Green Hill School in Chehalis and Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie have suspended entries to curb […]
Beryl projected to strengthen to hurricane, make landfall on Texas’s midcoast
By TJJD Communications Texans are urged to make final preparations in advance of the Tropical Storm Beryl likely strengthening to a hurricane and making landfall
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Federal Lawsuit Against Tulsa County Juvenile Justice Center Expands; Adds Ten More Victims
July 5, 2024 Nearly a dozen more teenagers who were or are in custody at the Tulsa County Juvenile Justice Center have been added to
Pepper spray, beatings and neglect: DCS sued over treatment of kids in Tennessee’s juvenile justice facilities
June 26, 2024 One child was kept in solitary confinement until he was driven to rip his hair out. Another was shackled in his cell,
NC legislature overrides Cooper’s veto on juvenile justice reform
June 25, 2024 The North Carolina legislature voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the Juvenile Justice Bill, otherwise known as Raise the Age,
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A new Kentucky law will send more youth to adult court — Black kids face highest risk
June 24, 2024 Starting next month, more kids who are charged with violent crimes will be automatically prosecuted as adults. In Louisville, police data show
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Department of Youth Services trying to ‘right size’ programs to shifting populations
June 24, 2024 The executive director of the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) Friday laid out potential changes to the department operations that he
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Cooper issues 96th veto on ‘Raise the Age’ modifications bill
June 20, 2024 RALEIGH — Roy Cooper issued the 96th veto of his two terms as governor on a bill modifying the state’s “Raise the
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Whistleblower shares pictures of nasty conditions inside Dallas County’s juvie lockup
June 16, 2024 What is happening inside the juvenile detention center in Dallas County? It depends on who you ask. Former and current employees came
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Longtime Mart campus warehouse inventory specialist Jerry Forrest to hang up his CAPPS
By David N. Krough, Communications Specialist After overseeing massive changes at TJJD/TYC over 23 years, Jerry Forrest is moving on. Forrest, Inventory and Store Specialist,
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Kentucky’s new Department of Juvenile Justice commissioner made an appearance before lawmakers today/Wednesday – giving a broad overview of the agency
June 5, 2024 DJJ has been plagued by problems ranging from low staffing to questions surrounding use-of-force and isolation techniques. With a federal investigation in
Former TYC youth finds success at Houston colleges with the help of TJJD scholarship trust fund
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications In her late teens, Hope C. recalls that she felt like a “lost soul.” She had been at a Texas