In Texas alone, about 80% of children in state juvenile facilities are Black or Latinx, according to Thursday's Justice Department report, though the two groups only make up a combined 51% of the ...

State lawmakers didn’t seem swayed by top officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, who said on Monday that reports of rampant abuse within the agency’s facilities aren’t ...

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution ...

Juveniles at five state detention facilities in Texas were subject to a pattern of unlawful physical abuse and prolonged isolation and denied essential rehabilitation services, the Justice ...

The Justice Department concluded Thursday after a lengthy investigation that five Texas juvenile detention centers violated children's constitutional and civil rights, part of a nationwide pattern ...

In a statement provided to news outlets, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department said it has a "zero-tolerance policy toward abuse and neglect," pointing a finger at its prolonged and "unprecedented ...

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution ...

The Justice Department report released Thursday cites dozens of incidents of abuse at several juvenile detention centers in Texas. To stream WFAA on your phone, you need the WFAA app. Download the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice found unconstitutional conditions at all five of Texas’ juvenile detention facilities, where children were exposed to excessive force, sexual abuse and in the case ...

On Aug. 1, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division released its assessment of the five juvenile detention facilities in the state and found that “TJJD engaged in a pattern of abuse ...

Texas juvenile detention centers have a decades-long history of violations and abuses, which began to be uncovered in the early 2000s by Texas newspapers. The findings – which high-ranking staff tried ...

The Justice Department report released Thursday cites dozens of incidents of abuse at several juvenile detention centers in Texas. To stream 12NewsNow on your phone, you need the 12NewsNow app ...