TYC may release 400 youths by week's end

[Joanne98]

Source: Houston Chronicle

April 2, 2007, 10:49AM
TYC may release 400 youths by week's end

By R.G. RATCLIFFE
Copyright 2007 Austin Bureau

AUSTIN — About 400 youths are expected to be processed for release from the Texas Youth Commission by the end of this week, conservator Jay Kimbrough said this morning.

The young offenders are all ones who were identified as eligible for release from the system but had their sentences extended by TYC staff, Kimbrough said.

Kimbrough said some of the youths will be released to parole while others will be simply released.

Kimbrough said by Wednesday he wants a special review panel to hold a preliminary meeting on a task of reviewing more than 1,500 other cases to see if the youths had their sentences improperly extended. Hundreds of those youths also could be released from the TYC system.



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Some good news for ya!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. "Extended by TWC staff"

I was under the impression, apparently mistaken, that sentencing was left to the courts.

Tell me, are these TYC facilities run by the state or are they outsourced to private companies. In either case, how much does the state pay the facilities per year, per inmate?

[harpboy_ak]

5. And when they let them out, there go the jobs!

Those uncorrectional "officers" were just trying to make sure that they have plenty of inmates so that they all had jobs. Pretty easy job, bullying teenagers, giving them such tight "rules" that an "extra" pair of socks are contraband so you can extend their sentences.

Yet another reason why Texas is no my "do not visit" list, along with Florida.

[DCKit]

2. "Texas" justice would be having the rapists strung up by their balls

But it's a good start.

[DaveJ]

3. Nice to know we can trust our government to dispense fair judgment.

Kimbrough last week ordered the release of Shaquanda Cotton, a 15-year-old North Texas girl whose case had gained national attention. A Paris judge had given the black girl an indeterminate sentence to TYC for shoving a teacher while he put a white girl convicted of arson on probation. Cotton had been in TYC for a year

I mean, it would be nice.

[Miss Chybil]

4. Jesus Christ. What a travesty. nt

[grmamo]

6. I think there is more to this now missing story....associated with AGs firings

one link still available comes from the right wing - world net daily


http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54861
Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up'
Attorney General Gonzales among officials who allegedly ignored abuse of minor boys

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing to prosecute officers of the Texas Youth Commission after a Texas Ranger investigation documented that guards and administrators were sexually abusing the institution's teenage boy inmates.




There is much more telling info in the article. I hope the Judiciary committee is checking into this aspect also.

[donsu]

7. yes, I've posted articles telling of Gonzales' connection to the

crimes at TYC

there should be lawsuits

[pushycat]

8. Gonzales is 'staying for the kids' NOT:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/22/gonzales-staying-kids/

Heheh. He wants to take care of the kids, down in Texas that is! Maybe someone will interview a few of the kids that got released...


http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54861
<snip>
Embattled AG now accused in sex scandal 'cover-up'

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing to prosecute officers of the Texas Youth Commission after a Texas Ranger investigation documented that guards and administrators were sexually abusing the institution's minor boy inmates.

Among the charges in the Texas Ranger report were that administrators would rouse boys from their sleep for the purpose of conducting all-night sex parties.

Ray Brookins, one of the officials named in the report, was a Texas prison guard before being hired at the youth commission school. As a prison guard, Brookins had a history of disciplinary and petty criminal records dating back 21 years. He retained his job despite charges of using pornography on the job, including viewing nude photos of men and women on state computers.

..."This case demonstrates that a partisan political agenda, with Karl Rove in an orchestrating role, has penetrated the Justice Department and subverted fair-minded administration of the law," Matt Angle, director of the Lone Star Project, told WND. <snip>