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TX: Lawmakers considering plan that would cap the number of juveniles being sent to TYC jails and keep them in the county in which they live

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Lawmakers eyeing Travis' plan for juveniles Proposal among many being considered that would reform youth agency, save state money. By Bob Banta and Mike Ward AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, March 12, 2009 Legislators are studying proposals from Travis and other counties to save the state money by sending fewer young offenders to Texas Youth Commission facilities. Although some lawmakers warn against diverting too much money from Youth Commission activities, Travis County's plan is part of a trend, sparked two years ago by sweeping reforms at the scandal-plagued agency that were designed to remove youths from remote state-run lockups and place them in community-based treatment programs closer to their families. So far, Travis, Dallas and a group of 22 Southeast Texas counties have proposed pilot programs to do that ? for far less than the nearly $99,000 per year that it costs to keep a youth locked up with the agency...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 14, 2009 (boomark / email).