Commissioners court will decide whether we need more buildings
Travis County’s justice system is back in the same fraught position it found itself in 2021, when some in the system pushed for the creation of aThat struggle ended with the Commissioners Court rejecting a new jail for women. Now, the county’s judges are proposing a plan to create new buildings to hold juveniles accused of crimes. Once again, advocates oppose the plan. And once again, the Commissioners Court will decide which way to go.
The Comprehensive Facilities Plan would greatly enlarge the juvenile justice campus near South Congress Avenue and Oltorf Street, where children accused of crimes from theft to murder are held before trial or after being found guilty. It would create three new buildings across from the county’s existing detention facilities – the Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center and the Jeanne Meurer Intermediate Sanctions Center.
Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel, chair of the Juvenile Board, denied any lack of transparency, noting that the meeting agenda included this line item: “Consider and approve new policies and policy revisions for the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department and take any action deemed necessary.”
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