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A Texas Senate bill under consideration would lower the current age from 16 for juveniles already in the system and commit a second felony.

A Dallas County Juvenile Department officer has been at Parkland Hospital since an April 7 incident involving a detainee.

H. Lynn Hadnot has been named Dallas County's juvenile director. He'll oversees the juvenile department, and the detention center — and head the board.

Dallas County juvenile Board members plan to begin finalist interviews for a new juvenile department director before Thanksgiving.

Dallas County's Juvenile Board voted to accept executive director Darryl Beatty's resignation after a surprise state inspection found poor conditions.

A March report from a national research group found Dallas County keeps kids locked up in the juvenile justice system longer than other systems across the country. But a top official with the county's juvenile justice department says the data is flawed.

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department's investigation comes after months of concern over Dallas County's juvenile justice process.

The Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center in Dallas County leaves kids alone in small rooms for hours on end and fails to provide proper food or medical treatment, parents told the Dallas Morning News.