Dallas County Juvenile Department employees spoke to commissioners on Tuesday, saying that recent allegations about conditions in the juvenile detention...
None of the juvenile department staff who spoke regularly work in the detention center, according to staffing rosters obtained by. Juvenile Department Director Darryl Beatty did not immediately respond to requests to comment.
removed by fellow commissioners in April after an independent report criticized the county’s juvenile justice system. County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said he doesn’t believe department employees are the enemy, but children need to be treated better.has reported over the years that children have not been allowed to go outside for months on end.
“That’s my only goal — is to try and help you. If you have gotten the impression that I or anyone on this court is trying to hurt you. It is not true,” he said.Lewis Jenkins and Sommerman said they believe higher salaries could reduce the number of vacancies at the detention center.that some of the issues reported by the families could be tied to the number of vacancies at the detention center.
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