In Texas alone, about 80% of children in state juvenile facilities are Black or Latinx, according to Thursday's Justice Department report, though the two groups only make up a combined 51% of the ...

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution ...

The U.S. Department of Justice found unconstitutional conditions at all five of Texas’ juvenile detention facilities, where children were exposed to excessive force, sexual abuse and in the case ...

In a statement provided to news outlets, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department said it has a "zero-tolerance policy toward abuse and neglect," pointing a finger at its prolonged and "unprecedented ...

SAN ANTONIO — In October 2019, a prison officer who worked at a juvenile detention center in Central Texas was charged with sexual assault and accused of forcing a boy in custody to perform oral ...

State lawmakers didn’t seem swayed by top officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, who said on Monday that reports of rampant abuse within the agency’s facilities aren’t ...

The U.S. Justice Department says that Texas juvenile detention centers have violated children's Eighth and 14th Amendment rights, as well as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and ...

The U.S. Department of Justice found unconstitutional conditions at all five of Texas' juvenile detention facilities, where children were exposed to excessive force, sexual abuse, and, in the case ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report Thursday that concludes that the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) shows a pattern of violating the civil rights of ...

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution ...

In August, after a painstaking three-year investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a stunning, wall-to-wall rebuke of Texas’ juvenile detention facilities. These facilities are ...

Members of a Texas legislative panel sharply dressed down the state’s Juvenile Justice Department on Tuesday, accusing the agency of dismissing a 72-page federal report alleging widespread abuse ...