130 Jobs To Be Cut At Central Texas TYC Units, Some Layoffs Expected
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130 Jobs To Be Cut At Central Texas TYC Units, Some Layoffs Expected
The Texas Youth Commission will eliminate 130 jobs at two TYC facilities in Central Texas in a move that includes some layoffs, TYC Executive Commissioner Cherie Townsend said in a message posted on the agency’s Web site.
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AUSTIN (February 24, 2009)-- The Texas Youth Commission will eliminate 130 jobs at two TYC facilities in Mart east of Waco in a move that will include some layoffs, TYC Executive Commissioner Cherie Townsend said in a message posted on the agency’s Web site.

The cuts at Units I and II in Mart include 13 employees who will be laid off, Townsend said.

With the cuts, the total staff for Mart I will be 356 for an inmate population of 180 and 309 for Mart II with a total inmate population of 192, Townsend said.

“Agency wide, we must eliminate another 260 positions,” Townsend said in the message.

“Some of these will be done through attrition, some through eliminating vacant positions, and some through layoffs. Our developing regionalization efforts have provided clarity on where we must focus our resources as well as the appropriate staff levels we must maintain at our facilities.”

“As before, we first identified positions that are unfilled prior to having to make reductions that affect current employees. But, as we move further along, we have fewer unfilled positions, so this round of personnel reductions affects a greater number of our coworkers. Of the 260 positions, approximately 85 are currently filled,” Townsend said.

The TYC plans to reduce staff by 110 positions at the West Texas State School, where 67 employees will lose their jobs, Townsend said.
With the latest cuts, the agency will have eliminated about 720 jobs since November 2008.

While it is a hard to take this action during these difficult economic times, it is imperative that we are good stewards of Texas taxpayers’ dollars and continue to build an agency that is effective and efficient,” Townsend said.

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Posted by: Friendly Place Location: Mart on Feb 26, 2009 at 03:31 AM

I work here now and the kids themselves will tell you it's a friendly place. They say we're not tough, it's not scary! Sounds good that it's not scary, except, now the kids aren't afraid to do whatever's on their minds now, including blatantly stealing right out of your hand or hitting you and you can't do a thing! Now if the kids themselves are saying it should be more strict, what does that say? We talk about delinquent kids needing structure and discipline and then we take all the discipline out and replace it with CABLE!! Yes, they have CABLE now! I wonder is it Time Warner or the Dish Network...
Posted by: Sad But True Location: Denton on Feb 26, 2009 at 03:27 AM

Listen, don't take this the wrong way but I'm a white guy and I grew up in a home where my punishments consisted of sitting in the time out chair and being sent to my room where I had everything I wanted in there. And if I complained enough, they bought me more to hush me up. That's what it sounds like is going on here. I can honestly say (now that I'm grown) that I NEEDED some physical whippings. I had a few black friends and when their mothers called for them, they made a move because they knew the potential of getting this whipping. She talked to them to make sure they knew why they were getting the whipping so it wasn't abuse in my eyes. They did something majorly wrong and they needed more punishment than time out. I tested the waters because I could. If I knew a belt was going to hit me, I would not have done near as many things as I did. I almost went to the pen once. I really believe a whipping a few times would have slowed me down!
Posted by: Legislation Sucks... Location: Austin on Feb 26, 2009 at 03:21 AM

My understanding is the people making the decisions don't even go to the facilities to see if this stuff will work!! How many times have the Legislation been to these facilities? And when they went, what did they do? I used to date a girl that said when the important people came through, they called it "The Parade" b/c the facility is expected to present some PERFECT display of the agency when it was actually broken! The kids catch on and then act a complete fool when these people come but they hurry and run out of there before they get feces or spit thrown on them! LEGISLATION, STAY AND EXPERIENCE WHAT THESE WORKERS GO THROUGH DAILY, WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO JUST TAKE W/O PUNISHMENT. Oh yes, they receive punishment. It goes like this: Time Out Sir! Let's discuss your feelings, Michael! Somebody tell the Decision Makers to spend 30 days in a facility and then report your findings. Bet you'll see a "time out" doesn't work for street-born kids!!
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