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Will TYC-TJPC merger improve youth corrections?

One thing that was missing from the TYC-TJPC Sunset report (pdf) advocating a merger between the two agencies was any mention of shifting to a more progressive system with smaller facilities as pioneered in the Missouri model, which many experts including the Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel have urged Texas to follow.Instead, under the Sunset plan TYC will close a handful of rural units it's having trouble staffing anyway, but otherwise basically keep its same youth prison format.I think when a lot of us first heard the suggestion, "Abolish TYC," we assumed it would mean a more radical shift away from the agency's large institution model. But the Sunset proposals do not suggest taking the new Texas Juvenile Justice Department in that direction anytime soon.continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).