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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

Texas lawmakers scold juvenile justice department over scathing DOJ report

Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional facility, in Lee County on July 20, 2022.
Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional facility, in Lee County on July 20, 2022. (Credit: Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune)

Members of a Texas legislative panel sharply dressed down the state’s Juvenile Justice Department on Tuesday, accusing the agency of dismissing a 72-page federal report alleging widespread abuse and unconstitutional conditions at all five of Texas’ juvenile detention facilities.

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