In the news: April 2006
Madden Faces Dangerous Situations in Adult and Youth Correctional Facilities; 4/13/2006
The 1972 federal lawsuit Ruiz v. Estelle became the most massive prisoner rights suit in the history of American jurisprudence. Closed in 2002, the Ruiz case brought the Texas prison system under federal court supervision for more than 20 years. Could Texas be facing another potential landmark civil rights case concerning abused and neglected youth in the care of the Texas Youth Commission? Almost one full year has gone by since Governor Rick Perry vetoed Representative Jerry Madden's probation reform bill, and yet it appears that public concern over prison overcrowding and probation reform is as prevalent as ever.