ACLU Sues Texas Youth Commission

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Children’s Services On June 12, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas filed a class action lawsuit against the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) 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. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The ACLU claims the Texas youth prison system practices also violated international standards on . . .