Dallas County commissioners will meet in a special session Monday to discuss their lack of access to records that could shed light on whether children are...
Sommerman said requests for the observation sheets have been denied three times, including when it was agreed that the minors’ names could be redacted.
Officials at the Dallas County Juvenile Department did not return a phone call or reply to an emailed request for comment. “A special session? I am still looking for authority when I look at the TJJD , that we, as an agency, as a local government entity have the ability to do anything other than appropriate facility, staff, and certified facilities,” said Price.Commissioner Price said the board went through a similar process about 10 months ago and could not get some information.But Commissioner Elba Garcia said that the Commissioners Court should do everything possible to provide better conditions for children.
The Dallas County juvenile system sends more children to the detention center than any other Texas county detention centers. Many children locked up in the detention center are assessed to be low-level risk to re-offend.In most other counties, these children would have received probation, rather than wait in the detention center for a decision.
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