More Switcheroos at the TYC
Word on the TYC street is that Bart Caldwell, superintendent of the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg, is being fired today. The Evins facility was home to a horrific youth riot in 2004 -- one that, for the first time, highlighted the serious problems brewing inside the agency. And it prompted a series of hearings with lawmakers last summer, which, amazingly, didn't bring to light allegations of sexual abuse at the West Texas State School in Pyote.
Those allegations didn't break until this past February -- two years after a Texas Ranger began his investigation into the facility.
TYC spokesman Jim Hurley says Giddings Superintendent Eduardo "Eddie" Martinez is taking over for Mr. Caldwell. And McLennan Superintendent Alan "Chip" Walters is stepping in at Giddings for Mr. Martinez.