ACLU of Texas Lawsuit Against the Texas Youth Commission
June 2008 On June 12, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against the Texas Youth Commission on behalf of five girls at the Brownwood State School high security youth prison. In the lawsuit, the ACLU charges that the treatment of the girls at Brownwood violates their constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and violates international standards on protecting children from abuse and cruel treatment . . .
