Monday, March 19, 2007  TYC news pouring in, TDCJ could use
similar scrutiny  We've now reached a stage in the Texas Youth
Commission debacle where the troubled agency is essentially the
target of a media feeding frenzy. It's gone from a backwater
hardly noticed, even on this blog, to the top criminal justice
story in the state. (I'd ranked abuse at juvie prisons only the
5th biggest criminal justice story of 2006.) For the past
several weeks, though, it seemed at times like this blog focused
nearly exclusively on TYC, and more media probably have covered
the agency than have examined it in the last decade.  Looking
around the statewide media this morning, I find yet more great
coverage of the Texas Youth Commission saga: However, I link to
these TYC stories with the following caveat: similar problems,
or worse, could be discovered in TDCJ's adult prisons, for those
who dare to look. What's more, journalists pursuing that angle
wouldn't have a dozen other reporters hot on their heels while
they investigate it