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Feds sue Youth Commission over Evins unit; Proposed agreed order would affect every TYC facility

By Gritsforbreakfast

From the "It's About Damn Time" Department, an alert reader emails to tell me that the feds have finally filed suit against the Texas Youth Commission in the Southern District. Judge Ricardo Hinojosa will preside in the case, which centers on the Evins Unit.The litigation was brought by USDOJ's civil rights division, which for years under former AG Alberto Gonzales simply never pursued cases in Texas, so I'd attribute this case going forward, in part, to his departure. The named defendants are the state, Governor Rick Perry, Richard Nedelkoff, Dimitria D. Pope and Melody Vidaurri, who is superintendent at Evins, "and their successors, contractors and agents."The litigation accuses TYC of failing to protect inmates at Evins from both assaults by staff and other youth, failing to provide inmates due process, and failing to provide rehabilitative treatment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).