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Author: Pinney, Leah

Title: Pepper Spray in the Texas Youth Commission: Research Review and Policy Recommendations

Summary: This report summarizes the results of research on the physical and psychological impact of pepper spray on youth held in Texas state custody, as well as the potential legal ramifications of its expanded use in Texas Youth Commission facilities.

Details: Austin, TX: Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, 2007. 20p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 6, 2011 at: http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/files/userfiles/juvenilejustice/tcjc_publications/Pepper_Spray_in_TYC.pdf

Year: 2007

Country: United States

URL: http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/files/userfiles/juvenilejustice/tcjc_publications/Pepper_Spray_in_TYC.pdf

Shelf Number: 121256

Keywords:
Juvenile Corrections
Juvenile Detention (Texas)
Pepper Spray

Author: Moll, Jeanette

Title: Reforming Juvenile Detention in Texas

Summary: Given its costs and ill effects for juveniles and families, juvenile detention should only be ordered when a youth represents a risk to the public safety. Both re-offense rates and the number of youth failing to appear have decreased in jurisdictions reducing their detention populations. Risk assessments, deferred prosecution programs, evening reporting, and specialized dockets all provide avenues for more effective juvenile rehabilitation without relying on detention.

Details: Austin, TX: Texas Public Policy Foundation Policy Perspective, 2012. 12p.

Source: PP14-2012: Internet Resource: Accessed September 16, 2012 at http://www.texaspolicy.com/center/effective-justice/reports/reforming-juvenile-detention-texas

Year: 2012

Country: United States

URL: http://www.texaspolicy.com/center/effective-justice/reports/reforming-juvenile-detention-texas

Shelf Number: 126352

Keywords:
Corrections Reform (Texas)
Criminal Justice Reform (Texas)
Juvenile Detention (Texas)
Juvenile Offenders
Juvenile Rehabilitation

Author: Texans for Public Justice

Title: Lax Oversight Plagues Private Prisons in Texas

Summary: This report discusses prison privatization in the state of Texas, including the disastrous contract with the Geo Group to run a youth detention facility in West Texas, where state officials abruptly shuttered the Coke County Juvenile Justice Center, after discovering its squalid conditions.

Details: Austin, TX: Texans for Public Justice; Grassroots Leadership, 2008. 9p.

Source: Watch Your Assets, Vol. 1, No. 9: Internet Resource: Accessed September 30, 2012 at http://info.tpj.org/watchyourassets/prisons/prisons.pdf

Year: 2008

Country: United States

URL: http://info.tpj.org/watchyourassets/prisons/prisons.pdf

Shelf Number: 126502

Keywords:
Correctional Administration (Texas)
Juvenile Detention (Texas)
Prison Conditions (Texas)
Private Prisons (Texas)