Articles tagged: Eileen Garcia
Auctions of Juvenile Treatment Space to End Following Observer Story
Trade group: ‘The perception is the problem, so we’re not going to do it anymore.’
The Juvenile Justice Association of Texas will quit auctioning treatment space in response to criticism from state Sen. John Whitmire, following a Texas Obs...Read More
In Juvenile Justice, Community Probation Doesn’t Always Mean Kids Are Close to Home
After years of reform focused on placing kids in probation programs near home, advocates worry about transfers to county facilities hundreds of miles away.
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 close to home. Texas has m...Read More