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TYC still suffering backlog processing youth grievances

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UPDATE: Here's the link to archived video from today's hearing.Rep. Jerry Madden calculates that TYC receives 66 grievances from youth per day, or around 10,000 per year (the average daily inmate population is around 2,400). The oversight committee had a good discussion today about the Youth Rights division and backlogs in processing youth complaints.Complaints of physical and sexual abuse are still not be responded to "immediately," administrators admitted candidly, but they're prioritized so that more serious complaints won't take 2-3 months, as commonly occurs with other complaints. Many incidents may not be resolved within a calendar year of being filed, the agency was told, by which time youth may no longer be in TYC custody.Will Harrell said delays by Youth Rights in processing complaints are beginning to erode the credibility of them, the Ombudsman and other youth advocates with the youth themselves...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).