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From Texas Standard . Last month, the Dallas Morning News uncovered an internal email from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. It said that at least...
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An average of five Texas juveniles a week were certified to be tried as adults in court from 1995 to 2015, according to data from a recent Texas Standard…
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From Texas Standard : Miguel Navarro is 5’ 3’’ and small-framed. When reporters Alain Stephens and Hannah McBride speak to him, he’s in handcuffs and...
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$800 million in juvenile justice funding is before congress, and the DC gridlock is threatening to hold it up. The Juvenile Justice Prevention and…
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In stark contrast to former Gov. Rick Perry, the current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch that the state would comply…
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After some heated debate and some changes, a bill that reforms how school districts can respond to children repeatedly missing class passed in the Texas…
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AUSTIN — A proposal to change the state’s definition of who is considered an adult in the criminal justice system is on its way to the Texas House.The…
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Depending on where you go to school, getting caught skipping repeatedly in San Antonio could mean anything from a slap on the wrist to a day in court. The…
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Two new laws aimed at reducing the number of tickets students receive for things like disrupting class seem to be having a profound effect at Texas public…
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Thousands of San Antonio kids are ending up in adult courtrooms over "Failure to Attend School" (FTAS) violations. In 2012, a third of all class C…