A report by a national group called Evident Change showed the department was fraught with missteps in how kids were being handled, including how long they were being detained before case disposition. Now, the Juvenile Department is disputing those claims.
A report by a national group called Evident Change showed the department was fraught with missteps in how kids were being handled, including how long they were being detained before case disposition. For the first time, the department pushed back.A report by a national group called Evident Change
"There are findings that are inaccurate," said Dr. Julie Childers, the deputy director of the Dallas County Juvenile Department.Dr. Childers told commissioners not only was the report comprised with a different methodology, but that some of the data provided by the department was not included in the analysis that she said brought public harm to the department.
The discussion over the department included some tense moments between Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and fellow commissioner Andrew Sommerman.Since the report, commissioner Andrew Sommerman has tried to get records which would show how long children are in isolation.Monday’s hearing was supposed to decide whether the commissioner could get 90,000 records of juveniles in the juvenile detention center.
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