TYC Executive Billy Humphrey Gone
Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 12:44 pm
The agency executive who pushed for the expanded use of peppery spray and solitary confinement is gone, as of this week. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Humphrey’s “depature was initiated” by TYC’s new conservator, Richard Nedelkoff. (“Texas Youth Commission official Billy Humphrey forced to resign”, Jan. 11)
As director of residential services, Humphrey oversaw the management of all TYC institutions, half-way houses, and contract-care facilities. Humphrey was appointed by acting executive director Dimitria Pope, with whom he served at the Texas Deparment of Criminal Justice, which operates the state’s adult prison system.
Humphrey and Pope together championed the increased use of peppery spray in TYC facilities, which they said would cut down on injuries received by youth and staff during physical restraints.
In October, two TYC facility administrators filed grievances against Humphrey, saying he retaliated against them when they were unwilling to enforce his new policies on pepper spray and the solitary confinement of disruptive youth.
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