Texas Juvenile Justice and the Morales v Turman Case

Investigation spurt spurred by Morales V. Turman case revealed regular use of isolation in Texas juvenile criminal justice facilities forced psychotropic drugs on children and also rare forms of torture. Children were being punished physically for speaking Spanish so-called punk dorms had been created for juveniles the guards decided were homosexual. In one facility guards were found to have forced abortions on pregnant inmates. The entire leadership of the state agency that oversaw these facilities was forced to resign.