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| The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice will meet to hear invited and |
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| public testimony on the following interim charges: |
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| Review the detention of juvenile offenders in local jails, state jails, |
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| and Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison units by examining |
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| conditions of confinement, including quality of education, mental health |
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| treatment and medical services, rehabilitative treatment, and equality of |
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| access to services for young female inmates. Review access to |
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| administrative and inspector general grievances in TDCJ facilities. Make |
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| recommendations for improving the system and reduce recidivism of juvenile |
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| Study and evaluate the success of juvenile probation pilot programs aimed |
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| at community-based diversion of youth from Texas Youth Commission |
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| facilities. Make recommendations for needed legislative action and |
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| additional programs to increase the number of delinquent youth |
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| successfully rehabilitated in their home communities. |
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| Consider the impact that secondary education school disciplinary laws and |
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| policies have on the juvenile justice system and the adult prison system. |
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| Recommend changes, if needed, to current law. |
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| *If submitting written testimony or distributing handouts, please provide |
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| 15 copies, with your name on each copy, to the committee when called to |
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