Parents with children held at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center in Dallas, Texas, have alleged that their children are being neglected by staff. For The Dallas Morning News, reporter Josephine Peterson interviewed multiple families about their experiences with the center. A report released in March 2023 by Evident Change (formerly the National Council on Crime & Delinquency and the Children’s Research Center) found that Dallas County was incarcerating minors for months longer than national recommendations and issuing harsher judgements … Read the rest
Former Dublin, California Prison Warden Ray Garcia faces a potential 10 years more than the federal sentencing guidelines recommend as U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers weighs two dueling memorandums ahead of his scheduled March 22 sentencing in Oakland, Lica Fernandez reports for KTVU. Garcia was convicted on seven counts of sexual abuse and one count of lying to the FBI in December. Four other officers are FCI Dublin have been charged with sex crimes and four, including Garcia, have … Read the rest