The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) was a Texas state agency which operated juvenile corrections facilities in the state. The commission was headquartered in the Brown-Heatly Building in Austin. As of 2007, it was the second largest juvenile corrections agency in the United States, after the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.[1] As of December 1, 2011, the agency was replaced by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.[2]
- ^ Moore, Solomon. "Troubles Mount Within Texas Youth Detention Agency." The New York Times. October 16, 2007. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.
- ^ Home page Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. (Archive) Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on April 28, 2012.