West Texas State School

The West Texas State School (WTSS, originally the West Texas Children's Home of Pyote) was a juvenile detention facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission that closed on August 31, 2010.[1] It was located in unincorporated central Ward County, Texas,[2][3] along the southwestern edge of Pyote,[4] on Interstate 20[5] between El Paso and Midland.[3] The former school was about 17 miles (27 km) west of Monahans, 50 miles (80 km) west of Midland and Odessa, and 230 miles east of El Paso.[5]

  1. ^ "Facility Address List Archived November 10, 2001, at the Wayback Machine." Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on July 19, 2010.
  2. ^ "Facility Address List Archived November 10, 2001, at the Wayback Machine." Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on May 23, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Ward, Mike. "Report: school "did not provide a safe environment" Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Austin American-Statesman. Saturday March 17, 2007. Retrieved on May 23, 2010.
  4. ^ "West Texas State School." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on May 23, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "West Texas State School." Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on May 23, 2010.