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Two items related to the Texas Youth Commission deserve attention from Grits readers interested in juvenile justice: A guest column in the Abilene Reporter-News asks, "a href="http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/dec/16/is-troubled-agency-worth-saving/"Is TYC Worth Saving?/a," while the Waco Tribune Herald reports that authorities are a href="http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/12/17/12172008wacTYC.html"investigating five inmate on inmate sexual assaults/a at the TYC unit in Mart.br /br /In other TYC-related news, Sunset Commission Chair Carl Isett announced they would leave the public comment period for Monday's hearing open until Friday at 5 p.m., so anyone who wants to get in their two cents worth about TYC, TJPC, or the Office of Independent Ombudsman (for that matter, also the Texas Commission on Jail Standards) should let the committee know what they're thinking...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).