Texas

Texas Youth Commission
Dwight Harris, Executive Director
4900 N. Lamar
P.O. Box 4260
Austin, TX 78765-4260
Phone: (512) 424-6001

Fax: (512) 424-6099
Email: dwight.harris@tyc.state.tx.us
Second-in-Command:
Linda Reyes, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director
Tel: (512) 424-6071

Southwest Juvenile Defender Center
University of Houston Law Center
Malikah Marrus
100 Law Center
230 Teaching Unit 2 Building
Houston, Texas 77204-6049
Phone: (713) 743-0894

Fax: (713) 743-2238
Email: emarrus@uh.edu

Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor
Ken Nicholas, Director
221 East 11th Street
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
Phone: (512) 463-1916
Fax: (512) 475-2440

Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
Isela Gutierrez, Juvenile Justice Initative Director
510 South Congress, Suite 206
Austin TX, 78704
Phone: (512) 441-8123 ext. 111

Fax: (512) 441-4884

http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org 

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Correctional Institutions Division
P.O. Box 99
Huntsville, Texas 77342
Phone: (936) 437-2169
Fax: (936) 437-632

State Juvenile Justice Specialist
Lori Malcher
Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor
Phone: (512) 463-1924
Email: lmalcher@governor.state.tx.us
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/cjd

State Advisory Group Chair
Chief Charles A. Brawner
Spring Branch Independent School District
Phone: (713) 365-5562
Email: brawnerc@springbranchisd.com

Chapters of parent & family advocacy organizations:
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) state chapters:
http://www.famm.org/TakeAction/FindaFAMMVolunteer.aspx

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) state chapters:
http://www.curenational.org/new/index.html

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (FFMCH) state chapters:
http://www.ffcmh.org/who_chapters.php

Community Parent Resource Centers:
http://www.taalliance.org/centers/index.htm

Protection & Advocacy System state contacts:
http://www.ndrn.org/aboutus/consumer.htm