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Matthew Watkins and Justin Dehn

TribCast: Texas’ troubled juvenile justice system

Friends Mario Lozano, 18, left, and Jose Quijada, 18, help to place the casket of Joshua Keith Beasley Jr., inside of a hearse to be transported to a cemetery for burial, on April 1, 2023 outside of Living Word Pentecostal Church in Paris, Texas.
Friends Mario Lozano, left, and Jose Quijada, both 18, help to place the casket of Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. inside of a hearse to be transported to a cemetery for burial on April 1, 2023, outside of Living Word Pentecostal Church in Paris, Texas. (Credit: Ben Torres for The Texas Tribune)
TribCast: May 1, 2023

In today’s episode, we discuss the problems in the Texas state agency that seeks to rehabilitate children who have committed crimes — and whether the Legislature is eyeing any solutions.


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