ACLU of Texas Calls for Change in Truancy Laws
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BY ELIZABETH PIERSON The Brownsville Herald
March 19, 2006 - EDINBURG - Leadership is new, and abuses have dwindled, but Edinburg's juvenile prison is still recovering from a rash of beatings and altercations with juvenile prisoners in late 2004.
AUSTIN - Elected officials are vowing to investigate a sharp increase of abuses confirmed in Texas' juvenile prison system.