Steers And Catamites?

Holy cow, I thought the Catholic church and Pakistani madrasahs had a sweet set up for pervs, but a rip-snortin' Texas juvenile justice system is hoisting the standard for the Lone Star state:

For at least two years, investigators say, boys at a juvenile prison in the West Texas desert were summoned from their dorms late at night and taken to darkened conference rooms, offices and ball fields for sex with two of the institution's top administrators.

The boys told their parents, their teachers, any staff member who would listen. A few diligent staff members took their complaints to their supervisors. But the allegations were largely covered up until last month, when they exploded in the biggest scandal ever to engulf the Texas juvenile prison system.

The No. 1 and No. 2 officials at the Texas Youth Commission have lost their jobs over their handling of the allegations. Prosecutors are looking into criminal charges. And lawmakers are infuriated.

"What scares me the most is what I don't know," said state Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Criminal Justice Committee.

The allegations became public when the Dallas Morning News cited a never-released 2005 Texas Rangers report that said 13 boys were molested at the West Texas State school, a red-brick institution ringed by razor wire in a desolate part of the state. Since then, others have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse at other juvenile prisons across Texas.

Lawmakers were outraged to learn that the two men accused of molesting boys at the West Texas State School -- Ray Brookins, an assistant superintendent who temporarily ran the place, and Principal John Paul Hernandez -- were quietly allowed to resign in 2005 with no criminal charges. (Hernandez took a job as the director of a nearby charter school, which accepted his resignation last week.)

All those bad kids all powerless and institutionalized together must look like a smorgasbord from behind a pair of short eyes.
Still, I thought most employees would be growing curly tails from all the squealing they'd be doing on these guys. It's hard to believe that in this day and age anyone would be allowed to resign quietly.