Josh Gravens, Subject of Observer Feature, Removed from Sex Offender Registry
The Texas Observer’s June cover story, “Life On the List,” looked at what happens when children are placed on Texas’ public sex offender registry. [...]
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Auctions of Juvenile Treatment Space to End Following Observer Story
The Juvenile Justice Association of Texas will quit auctioning treatment space in response to criticism from state Sen. John Whitmire, following a Texas Observer story.
In Juvenile Justice, Community Probation Doesn’t Always Mean Kids Are Close to Home
Five years of juvenile justice reform in Texas have been built on one point that everyone can agree on: kids do better when they’re [...]
Traumatized Girls Get Inadequate Therapy from County Probation, Group Finds
More than half the kids in Texas’ juvenile justice system have some history of sexual abuse, domestic violence or some other major trauma, and—according [...]