Youth Incarceration

We continue working to bring attention to ongoing concerns about conditions of confinement and systemic injustice within Texas youth prisons and county juvenile detention centers. Federal reviews and lived experience accounts have documented troubling conditions that have persisted over decades. Experts and advocates note that race, gender identity, and poverty influence who is most likely to be impacted by these systems.

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 2024 TJJD Findings Report

The Justice Department announcement of investigation into conditions at the five state juvenile facilities run by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.  

Texas juvenile detention center inmates experience ‘appalling’ living conditions, advocates say

Professor says allegations of abuse are nothing new in Texas juvenile detention system.

Who Gets a Childhood? Race and Juvenile Justice in Twentieth-Century Texas by William S. Bush.

Youth Justice By The Numbers, The Sentencing Project, August 2024

Effective Alternatives to Youth Incarceration, The Sentencing Project, June 2023