Alicia Morales v. James A. Turman, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executivedirector of the Texas Youth Council

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This action, predicated on the notion of a constitutionally based right to rehabilitative treatment in juvenile correctional facilities, involves a sustained attack on a wide range of practices, policies, procedures, and resultant conditions authorized by the Texas Youth Council (TYC), which has responsibility under Texas law for minors adjudicated delinquent and involuntarily committed to its custody by Texas courts. 1 As counsel for plaintiffs-appellees stated at the commencement of his oral argument before us, “at the heart of this case is the question whether the…