Posted on March 10, 2007 at 2:25 p.m.

Cover-ups and dirty tricks are the norm for TYC. Here is another example of TYC’s dishonest behavior in handling complaints or information they don’t want to know about.

In 2003 and 2004 recommitted youth found themselves on Dorm 6B, the Recommit Dorm at the Texas Youth Commission’s Orientation and Assessment Unit at Marlin, Texas. Many of the recommitted youth had stories to tell anyone who would listen about what happened at their previous TYC unit.

The recommit case worker, Bill Parker, started to notice a pattern in the stories the youth told. Remember these are youth who might not be very reliable when it comes to telling the truth but they were telling similar stories about various TYC locations.

The youth told the recommit caseworker about the availability of drugs, sex with TYC staff, and a few even told about late night counseling sessions with West Texas TYC administrations. Some of the prior West Texas inmates were very specific about how you could get out on your minimum length of stay.

The recommit caseworker started having the recommit youth write about their past experiences at their prospective TYC state schools. When the recommit caseworker had enough material written by the youth to clearly establish a believable pattern he presented it to the Marlin Assistant Superintendent, Melvin Haisler. Mr. Haisler assured the recommit caseworker he would review it with the Superintendent, Jerome Parsee.

The only feed back the recommit caseworker got was a warning by his program administrator, Charles Bales, that Superintendent, Jerome Parsee was out to fire him and he should be careful. The recommit caseworker feeling vindicated by the recent new articles decided to let officials know his story. His email generated quick results. He was contacted by: Faith Campbell, M.A., L.P.C. Chief - Complaints Coordination Section Office of General Counsel Texas Youth Commission Phone 512.424.6235 The very same person Bill Parker, the recommit caseworker complained to at TYC Central Office when the Marlin Orientation and Assessment administration ignored his report and threatened him for voicing his concerns. TYC and the people overseeing the Cover-up, I mean investigation, seem to be doing less than a stellar job of getting to the bottom of this mess. I thought there was going to be outside investigation of TYC. Getting an email or call from Faith Campbell will certainly cut down on the complaints from TYC employees. Complain at TYC and you get fired or run off! Bill Parker couldn’t take the abuse from the Marlin administration so he resigned. Bill Parker worked with the worst of the worst but he always tried to help the young people he worked with to find a new life.

On TYC youth investigator has been suspended