Punishing The
Retarded
By: Brenda Case

My child is considered borderline retarded. His IQ is only 60. The judge punished him with five years in "TDJC," juvenile corrections only because there was no place for a sex offender ... so the judge gave him five years in prison! TDJC is not going to help the situation. Texas needs a place for the mentally retarded instead of placing them in prison.

I'm a mother opposed to putting the mentally retarded and mentally ill into prisons. What would a civilized society do?


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