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Senate committee backs juvie probation pilots

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee heard SB 1374 on Tuesday that gives form to the proposed pilot programs at county juvenile probation departments aimed at diverting youth from TYC. Mike Griffiths from Dallas County said he thought his department could cut its commitments to TYC in half if the pilot program passed.Sen. Whitmire noted that the Senate Finance Commitee did not fund the Victory Field facility in its budget and that 2/3 of the youth housed there were from the Dallas area. If the pilot worked in Dallas, he said, it would help facilitate the Victory Field closure. There was no opposition voiced to the bill, which was voted favorably from the committee.

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).