[1] It was located in unincorporated central Ward County, Texas,[2][3] along the southwestern edge of Pyote,[4] on Interstate 20[5] between El Paso and Midland.
[7] In 2007 investigative report by State Auditor John Keel recommended the closure of the facility, saying that it is too remote to sufficient employment bases.
[citation needed] On February 28 Republican Governor Rick Perry dismissed chairman Pete C. Alfaro, who had been named to the commission in 1995 by then Republican governor George W. Bush, and called for the dismissal of acting executive director Neil Nichols.
[11] On March 2, more allegations surfaced of sexual abuse at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Facility in Brownwood, leaving McAllen Democrat Juan Hinojosa to state that the situation at Pyote "is not an isolated incident.
[15] TYC Inspector General Ray Worsham was later implicated in the alteration of the misconduct investigations report.