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The Texas Youth Commission is the state agency charged with the responsibility for providing secure care and treatment for Texas youth who, by reason of unlawful behavior or need for secure facilities and resources, cannot remain in their home communities. Youths may be committed to Texas Youth Commission if they are found to have engaged in the commission of a delinquent act and if commitment is necessary to address the youth’s rehabilitation needs and the protection of the community. Such youths are committed for an indeterminate amount of time, but no longer than the youth’s 21st birthday. One hundred fifty five youth were given indeterminate sentences in 2002. Under certain circumstances, a judge or jury may impose a determinate sentence of "Violent or Habitual Offender" upon a youth. Such a youth would be placed in the custody of the Texas Youth Commission with a possible transfer to the Institutional or the Parole Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at age 18. The terms of such sentences would be not greater than the following: Youth sentenced under this statute may receive probation from the judge or jury if the sentence is for ten years or less. If the probation is not transferred to the adult system by the juvenile court prior to the child’s 18th birthday, the probation terminates automatically at age 18. Twenty Youth were given determinate sentences in 2002. Content Last Modified on 1/5/2004 2:48:01 PM |
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