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The Mountain View State School was a juvenile rehabilitation facility operated by the Texas Youth Council in Gatesville, Texas. The building and land that once housed the school now house the Mountain View Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice women's prison. ==History== The Mountain View School for Boys opened on September 5, 1962. Mountain View, designed to handle chronic and serious juvenile delinquents previously housed in the Gatesville State School, had a capacity of 480 boys. In the early 1970s Mountain View began to be designated as a secure treatment facility for juvenile delinquents who were considered to be dangerous.〔"(Mountain View School for Boys )." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.〕 In 1971 a class-action lawsuit was filed against the Texas Youth Council (TYC), operator of the school, on behalf of the children in TYC facilities.〔"(Gatesville State School for Boys )." ''Handbook of Texas''. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.〕 Charles Derrick, a man later designated as the ombudsman of the court case, revealed that the school was actually being used as a punitive institution for children; children who did not follow orders at other Texas Youth Council institutions were forced to go to Mountain View for punishment.〔 Wooden, Kenneth. ''Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America's Incarcerated Children''. ''Ohio State University Press'', 2000. (10 ). Retrieved from Google Books on July 23, 2010. ISBN 0-8142-5063-7, ISBN 978-0-8142-5063-1〕 In 1974 federal judge William Wayne Justice ruled on ''Morales v. Turman''. He ordered TYC to close the Gatesville State School and the Mountain View State School and to redesign the agency's juvenile corrections system.〔 The Mountain View school closed in 1975, and its boys were sent to other facilities. The Texas Department of Corrections bought the land and buildings. The facility re-opened as Mountain View Unit, a women's prison.〔 The Mountain View Unit opened in July 1975.〔''Texas Department of Criminal Justice''. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. (100 ). ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mountain View State School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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