Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
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The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) is a state agency of Texas
, headquartered in the Brown-Heatley Building in Austin
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The TJPC oversees county-operated youth detention facilities and partners with area juvenile boards and probation departments to serve youth probation services throughout Texas.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, headquartered in the Brown-Heatley Building in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
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The TJPC oversees county-operated youth detention facilities and partners with area juvenile boards and probation departments to serve youth probation services throughout Texas.