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Round-Up of Juvenile Justice News - Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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2.6.13 Report: Poor Well-Being of Texas Children Costs an Extra $20 Billion (KUT News)

1.27.13 There's downside to schoolhouse cops (San Antonio News-Express)

1.26.13 Kids are a great investment for Texas (Austin-American Statesman)

1.9.13 School-Wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports- A Plan for Texas (Texans Care for Children)

12.31.2012 Notion that "Kids are Different" Takes Hold in Youth Justice Policy Reform (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange)

9.13.12 New Report: Families Are The Key To Juvenile Justice Reform (National Juvenile Justice Network)

9.11.12 Letter To Editor: Juvenile Justice System (Austin American-Statesman)

9.6.12 Texas Bets on Small Fixes to Reduce Violence in Youth Lock-Ups (Texas Observer)

9.2.12 New Juvenile Justice Program Shows Early Promise (Austin American-Statesman)

8.28.12 A Roadmap To The Future Of Juvenile Justice (New America Media)

8.24.12 Texas Juvenile Justice Department Board Hires New Agency Leader (Texas Tribune)

8.8.12 Inspections Reveal Security Issues At Texas Youth Facilities (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

8.8.12 New Report Charts A Decade of Changes To The Nation's Juvenile Justice System (Youth Today)

8.6.12 Report On Adolescent Brains Hits Nerve In Criminal Justice Debate (Austin American-Statesman)

8.1.12 Return Discipline To Youth Lockups (Austin American-Statesman)

7.24.12 Addressing Youth Crime By Teaching Social Skills Through Sports (Reclaiming Futures)

7.18.12 Officials: Violent Youth Offenders To Get Boot Now (Austin American-Statesman)

7.12.12 Change In The Works For County Juvenile Justice Center (Fox News/Lubbock)

6.26.12 Decision On Juvenile Sentences Stirs Questions In Texas (KUT News)

6.25.12 Juvenile Life Sentence Ruling Is Wise (Austin American-Statesman)

6.22.12 TTJD Board Approves Reforms Aimed At Reducing Violence (The Texas Tribune)

6.4.12 The COURAGE Program For Youthful Offenders (Photos from The Austin American-Statesman)

5.29.12 Townsend Announces Retirement From Juvenile Corrections System (The Austin American-Statesman)

5.22.12 Walking In Another Mom's Shoes (MomsRising)

5.17.12 Too Many Dallas Teens Are Getting Locked Up In Adult Jails, Study Says. And That Ain't Good. (Dallas Observer)

5.16.12 Want To Fix The Justice System? Try Asking The People Who Use It (Burnt Orange Report)

4.18.12 Lawmakers Livid Over Reports Of Coercion, Extortion At Giddings Youth Lockup (Austin American-Statesman)

4.13.12 Report: Youths Wield Control At State's Largest Lockup (The Texas Tribune)

4.11.12 Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention In America (Wired)

4.8.12 Children Can Never Be Safe In Adult Prisons (The New York Times)

4.4.12 Grant Aims To Uplift At-Risk Youths (San Angelo Standard Times)

3.27.12 Report: Texas School Discipline Policies Waste Precious Money (Public News Service)

3.26.12 Study Finds Juvenile Offenders Cope Better With Families Closer To Detention Facilities (Reclaiming Futures)

3.19.12 Don't Put Juveniles In Jail For Life (CNN)

3.14.12 Survey: Youths In State Lockup Concerned Over Violence (The Texas Tribune)

3.13.12 Disparities In School Discipline Move Students Of Color Towards Prison (Center For American Progress)

3.12.12 Is Texas Rehabbing Or Hardening Young Offenders? (Public News Service)

3.6.12 After Juvenile Justice Reforms, Are Texas Kids Better Off? (Texans Care Blog)

2.11.12 More Young Inmates Attack One Another (The New York Times)

2.6.12 An Unusual Glimpse Behind Bars: Juveniles In The Justice System (NPR)

1.9.12 The US Schools With Their Own Police (The Guardian)

1.6.12 Townsend To Head New Youth Corrections Agency (Austin American-Statesman)

11.30.11 In Texas, Keeping Kids In School And Out Of Court (NPR)

11.10.11 Juvenile Justice Guidebook For Legislators (National Conference of State Legislators)

11.15.11 Education Under Arrest: The Case Against Police In Schools (Justice Policy Institute)

11.7.11 Supreme Court To Consider Whether Juveniles Who Kill Must Receive Possibility Of Parole (Washington Post)

10.31.11 Texas Ends Deal With Psychologist Over Race Testimony (The Texas Tribune)

10.25.11 Boy's Death in Juvenile Detention Center Should Jolt State Lawmakers Into Action (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

10.31.11 Texas Ends Deal With Psychologist Over Race Testimony (The Texas Tribune)

10.25.11 Boy's Death in Juvenile Detention Center Should Jolt State Lawmakers Into Action (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

10.24.11 Let's Stop Criminalizing Students (The Houston Chronicle)

10.4.11 Texas Juvenile Justice Reforms Working, Group Says (The Houston Chronicle)

10.4.11 Report Calls For Sharply Reducing Juvenile Incarceration (CNN)

10.3.11 Could New Texas Juvenile Justice Department Become The National Model? (Public News Service)

09.1.11 Gov. Perry Appoints Seven to Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities Transition Team (Governor's website)

8.31.11 Judge: Discipline System Failing Kids (KXAN.com)

8.25.11 Parents Protest DISD Discipline Policy (myfoxdfw.com)

8.21.11 Texas Students Sent From Classroom To Courtroom (The Washington Post)

8.5.11 Fowler, Rose: Time To Fix Broken System of Discipline (Austin-American Statesman)

7.21.11 Does School Discipline Go Overboard? (Austin-American Statesman)

7.19.11 Journalist Knocks Down �Lockdown High' Model of Security and Discipline in Schools (The Washington Post)

7.18.11 Texas School Discipline Under the Microscope: Study Finds that 60% of Kids are Expelled or Suspended (Houston Chronicle)

7.5.11 (Shrinking) Federal Investments in Juvenile Justice Make a Difference--- And How You Can Help (Reclaiming Futures)

6.12.11 Bush: Take Lessons From Past In Juvenile Justice Reform (Austin-American Statesman)

6.3.11 Eileen Garcia: Juvenile Justice System Needs Continued Vigilance (Austin-American Statesman)

6.3.11 Joint Statement On Today's Announced Closure Of TYC Facilities (Texans Care Newsroom)

6.2.11 4 Little-Known Developments In The Rebuilding Of Texas' Juvenile Justice System (Texans Care Newsroom)

6.1.11 More Schools Rethinking Zero-Tolerance Discipline Plan (The Washington Post)

5.19.11 Perry Signs Juvenile Justice Merger Bill (Austin-American Statesman)

5.18.11 Concerns Raised Over Merger of Texas' Juvenile Justice Agencies (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

5.5.11 Texas Senate Approves Juvenile Justice Merger (KVUE.Com)

4.18.11 Let's Take The Cuffs Off Texas Kids � Use common sense in student discipline (Houston Chronicle)

3.30.11 Texas Youth Inmates Paid For Work (Austin-American Statesman)

2.28.11 TYC � TJPC Merger Bill Filed (Austin-American Statesman)

2.22.11 Youth Advocates Worry Cuts Will Put More In Prison (The Texas Tribune)

1.12.11 Sunset Panel: Merge TYC and TJPC (Austin-American Statesman)

1.12.11 Groups' Principles of Juvenile Justice Reform Offer Texas a Plan for Troubled Youth (Texans Care news)

12.16.10 The Future of the Texas Youth Commission and Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (Texans Care testimony)

12.15.10 Budget Woes May Close More Texas Youth Facilities (The Texas Tribune)

11.21.10 Sunset Report: TYC Costs Per Youth Too High (Grits for Breakfast)

10.22.10 TYC Reduces Use of Anti-psychotic Drugs (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

10.20.10 Juveniles No Longer Eligible for Life Without Parole? (PR-USA)

10.8.10 Training Video Looks at Needs of Female Juvenile Offenders (USA Today)

10.4.10 From Lockers to Lockups: Should School Bullying Be a Crime? (Newsweek)

9.30.10 Cuts May Hurt Programs to Keep Troubled Youths Closer to Home, Juvenile Advocates Tell Texas Panel (Dallas Morning News)

9.24.10 Budget Cuts Only Delay Spending and Increase Recidivism (Texans Care testimony)

9.23.10 Budget Plans for the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (Juvenile Justice Roundtable)

9.13.10 Life Without Parole: Too Tough for Teens? (MyFoxHouston)

9.6.10 Vigilance Needed on TYC Reforms (San Antonio Express-News editorial)

9.1.10 A Woman's Touch (Texas Observer)

8.18.10 Is Texas's Gang-Free Zone Violating Civil Liberties? (ABC News)

8.12.10 Criticism Over Delayed TYC Sex Abuse Scandal (Austin American-Statesman)

8.12.10 Panel on Juvenile Parole and Reentry (Grits for Breakfast blog)

8.3.10 The Best Option for Texas and Kids: Keeping Children out of Adult Prison (State of the Children)

8.1.10 Texas' Largest Counties Sending Fewer to TYC (Grits for Breakfast blog)

7.27.10 ACLU Sues County, Embattled JP Over Truancy Jailings (The [Hidalgo County] Monitor)

7.14.10 Improving Outcomes for Status Offenders in the JJDPA Reauthorization (Juvenile & Family Justice Today)

7.12.10 Too Young for Life in Prison? Numerous Juveniles Face Longer Sentences in Adult Courts (ABC News)

7.8.10 Why National Juvenile Justice Reform Matters for Texas (State of the Children blog)

7.1.10 Texas Supreme Court Rules Underage Kids Can't Be Prosecuted for Prostitution (Dallas Morning News blog)

6.29.10 Bill to Ban Corporal Punishment in Schools Introduced in Congress (The Washington Post)

6.23.10 When the Victim is the �Criminal' (Houston Chronicle)

6.18.10 Cuts that Cost: Juvenile Justice Reform (Texas Tribune)

6.11.10 Linda L. White: Forgiving My Daughter's Killer (Washington Post)

6.10.10 Juvenile Justice, Mental Health and Youth of Color � A Framework for Action in Texas (Southwest Key Programs)

6.9.10 Levin: Saving Money while Reducing Juvenile Crime (Grits for Breakfast blog)

6.7.10 Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems (Center for Juvenile Justice Reform)

6.6.10 States Closing Youth Prisons as Arrests Plunge (Associated Press)

6.4.10 Report Says Alternatives Could Save U.S. $10 Billion in Corrections Costs (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

6.2.10 Tickets for 10-Year-Olds (Texas Tribune)

5.30.10 Teacher's Stabbing a Wake-Up Call on Coordinating Mental Care (Dallas Morning News)

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