A youth detained at Crockett State School, a Texas Youth Commission facility located in East Texas, was found hanged in his cell last week.
On March 16, at about 2am, a TYC staff member found the 14-year old after he had strangled himself with his underwear. Efforts were made to revive the youth and he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Authorities did not disclose the youth’s information or the circumstances surrounding his death pending ongoing internal investigation into the case.
The incident comes at a time when state legislation is calling for drastic budget cuts for the troubled agency.
This was the first suicide since the 2006 death of a young man confined at the now defunct Coke County Juvenile Center in Bronte, Texas.
