Corsicana Residential Treatment Center
The Corsicana Residential Treatment Center or the Corsicana State School was a juvenile correctional facility in Corsicana, Texas. Operated by the Texas Youth Commission (TYC),[1] and later the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), it was used for youth with mental illnesses or severe emotional disturbances[2] It closed in 2013.[3] When it was open it had over 200 prisoners.[4]
The TJJD board, in 2016, rejected a plan which would have converted the facility into an immigration detention center for youth; the City of Corsicana had signed an agreement with Cayuga Home for Children to obtain the title for the facility for free, house illegal immigrant minors there, and rent it to Cayuga for a monthly fee of $3,000.[4]
References
- "Corsicana Residential Treatment Center Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on June 16, 2010.
- "Corsicana Residential Treatment Center Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine". Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved on June 16, 2010.
- Chammah, Maurice. "Closing a troubled symbol of Texas juvenile justice". Center for Public Integrity. February 12, 2014. Retrieved on March 3, 2014.
- Ward, Mike. "Plan to house immigrant youths in former state school nixed." Houston Chronicle. August 5, 2016. Retrieved on August 7, 2016.
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