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Sunset: TYC, county probation, don't gather, share enough information

Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series analyzing highlights from the Texas Youth Commission/Juvenile Probation Comission "Sunset" staff report released earlier this month.Whether or not the Legislature agrees to merge the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission as proposed in the Sunset Advisory Commission staff report (pdf), Sunset staff raise a number of significant concerns that need to get resolved one way or another, regardless of what bureaucratic structure governs the activity.In particular, Sunset staff says a lack of information sharing in both directions between county probation departments and TYC hinders both offenders' smooth re-entry and the application of appropriate treatment while they're incarcerated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 23, 2008 (boomark / email).