Report Shows How Texas LGBTQ Youth Are More Likely To End Up Incarcerated
On average, one-third of families reject children who come out as LGBTQ, which puts them at greater risk for homelessness and incarceration.
Youth Justice
Promise not to kill anyone? After losing election, TX judge wholesale releases juvenile defendants
After losing his bench in a Democratic sweep, Harris County Juvenile Court Judge Glenn Devlin released nearly all of the youthful defendants that appeared in front him on Wednesday morning, Read more »
Talking Points: Best quotes and tweets of the week
"What we ultimately got was a juvenile system where the lawyers get rich ... and everybody wins but the kids." — Jay Jenkins, an attorney from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, who Read more »
Harris County juvenile judges and private attorneys accused of cronyism: “Everybody wins but the kids”
An analysis of state and county data by The Texas Tribune shows that the county’s three juvenile district courts — led by Republican Judges Glenn Devlin, John Phillips, and Michael Schneider — Read more »
Out of Sight: LGBTQ Youth and Adults in Texas Justice Systems
2 Harris County judges responsible for 1 in 5 children sent to state juvenile prisons
Two Harris County judges accounted for more than one-fifth of all children sent to the state’s juvenile prisons last year, driving up the county’s Texas Juvenile Justice Department commitments even Read more »
Revenue from juvenile detention center shows growing trend for Victoria County
Victoria County is projected to almost double the revenue it brings in by housing youths from outside the county in its juvenile detention center, showing a shift in the economics Read more »
New law protects Texans from being jailed for minor traffic tickets
New law designed to protect Texans from being jailed for minor traffic tickets has resulted in 300,000 fewer arrest warrants, announces Rep. Canales.
Testimony: Texas Juvenile Justice Department Legislative Appropriations Request, FY 2020-21
Probation Sets Up Young Adults for Failure: Report
The Texas Criminal Justice coalition calls for reforms to community supervision that are “developmentally appropriate” to young people who age out of the juvenile justice system but are still too Read more »
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