HOUSTON, Texas – Current and former TJJD youth participated at a panel discussion at Texas Southern University, sharing their life stories and testimonies of how they overcame their past. The panel was part of a Youth Drug Prevention Seminar which featured a screening of the documentary film “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict.”
Pictured from left to right are: Houston District Office Parole Officer L’ Sandra Tutson, Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments staff member Krystin Porter, Houston District Office Family & Community Relations Coordinator Sherrell D. Kivumbi, current TJJD youth DP, and former youth EG and LJ.