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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 2008
Page
5
The Texas Youth Commission faces criticism from Ombudsman Will Harrell for expanding isolation as punishment while neglecting treatment services. Solitary confinement rose across units, notably at McLennan County Unit I and II where youths can be held up to 23 hours daily.
Texas Youth Commission records show isolation inmate numbers rising from 52 in August to 82 in January amid calls to improve programming. In Odessa, a 60 year old Black man held officers at bay for five and a half hours before surrendering, current custody and location of the man unspecified as mental evaluation continues.
An Odessa girl 8 remains in critical condition at University Medical Center Burn ICU after a Jan 1 apartment fire at Sunset Apartments. Firefighters rescued Nicole Redman through a shattered bedroom window. about 20 percent of her body is burned. Her 11-year-old brother Rowdy and parents escaped.
Police report a man attempted to assault a maintenance worker and then a peace officer with a knife at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Palm Garden Apartments on N Dixie Blvd. Additional burglaries in Odessa involved electronics and furniture theft across several streets, including West 39th Street and East 12th Street, plus a white 2003 Chevrolet Silverado stolen from Oakwood Drive.
Ratcliffe and Vasquez support a law allowing districts to use fingerprint records to identify and remove employees with serious offenses. They stress weighing evidence and immediate action for cases like child molestation, with the Texas Education Agency noted as a resource.
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