A mural at The Opportunity Center, which is ran by the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, is photographed in Gulfton in Houston, Monday, March 24, 2025. The department closed the juvenile facility in 2019 and repurposed the building to now serve as a place where students can earn their GED and attend vocational classes. Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS - MARCH 3, 2026: A 13-year old in his cell, detained for making a  Terroristic Threat  after getting beaten up by classmates. He softly said he did not mean it. The Nueces County Juvenile Detention Center in Corpus Christi has been at capacity for the past several years. The largest school district in the county, Corpus Christi ISD, has the highest arrest rate in the state. At least half of the students in the day room raised their hands when asked if they were there for a school offense when reporters from the New York Times visited. Since the deadly school shooting in Uvalde in 2022, public school districts in Texas have spent billions of dollars on a sweeping effort to station police at every campus in the state. The campaign, the most ambitious in the nation, has largely been cast as a way to protect students from school shooters. But the constant presence of police has transformed the way many schools respond to far less serious situations. PHOTO: Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Meridith Kohut for The New York/Meridith Kohut for The New York CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS - MARCH 3, 2026: Minors as young as 12 years old are prepared to be transferred between buildings in handcuffs and ankle shackles. The Nueces County Juvenile Detention Center in Corpus Christi has been at capacity for the past several years. The largest school district in the county, Corpus Christi ISD, has the highest arrest rate in the state. Since the deadly school shooting in Uvalde in 2022, public school districts in Texas have spent billions of dollars on a sweeping effort to station police at every campus in the state. The campaign, the most ambitious in the nation, has largely been cast as a way to protect students from school shooter
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