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- Each year, tens of thousands of juveniles are processed through the Texas juvenile justice system. This information provides an overview of how juveniles move through the system, the components of the system, and the alternatives available to practitioners who provide supervision and services to juveniles accused or adjudicated of crimes.
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In Texas, individual counties provide services to all youth referred to the juvenile courts, and prosecute juvenile cases, either through their district or county attorney’s office. County juvenile probation departments handle most of the sanctions and therapeutic interventions the courts impose.
- General Information - Juvenile Justice - Guides at Texas ...
This publication from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department...
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- About TJJD – Texas Juvenile Justice Department
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department operates five secure...
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Aug 16, 2024 · Our agency values are safety, accountability and transparency and we trust you will see those reflected throughout our website, where you can learn more about TJJD, our probation partners and our unified state juvenile justice system.
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department operates five secure facilities and three halfway houses serving youth up to age 18 who’ve committed felony-level offenses and been assigned by juvenile court judges to a program of rehabilitation at TJJD campuses.
May 10, 2024 · This publication from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department provides information about juvenile justice procedures including age limits, the court process, and the right to an attorney.
The Texas juvenile justice system is administered primarily by local juvenile probation departments and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD). Local juvenile probation departments provide services to juveniles that are referred to or supervised by them in the community.
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For a youth to be referred formally into the juvenile justice system, the youth must allegedly have engaged in delinquent conduct, conduct indicating a need for supervision, or conduct violating a condition of probation.
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) is a state agency in Texas, headquartered in the Central Services Building (CSB) in Austin. It was created on December 1, 2011, replacing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission .
