Texas Youth Commission Pays $625,000 to Settle Abuse Suit

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2010 by Gary Hunter published in Prison Legal News August, 2010, page 16

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Legality of Rules, Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons. Location: Texas.

To settle a federal lawsuit, the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) agreed to pay $625,000 in damages to four youths who were grossly abused by the states’ corrupt juvenile justice system.
The largest payout of $345,000 went to plaintiff Joseph Galloway, who had filed suit alleging that the TYC failed to ...

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