Editing Bronte, Texas (section)

==Government and infrastructure==

The Coke County Juvenile Justice Center, located in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Coke County, Texas|Coke County]], south of Bronte,<!--The former center is just south of Bronte on State Street/US 277--><ref name="TYCFacAdd2002">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20020202062958/http://tyc.state.tx.us/programs/facility_address.html Facility Address List]." Texas Youth Commission. February 2, 2002. Retrieved on May 6, 2010.</ref> was a 200-bed secure facility operated by the [[GEO Group]] (formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp.) and contracted by the [[Texas Youth Commission]] (TYC). Originally designed for girls, it was changed into an all-boy facility in 1998.<ref>"[http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/news/tyc_cokecounty_audit.html Coke County Juvenile Justice Center Audit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705220617/http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/news/tyc_cokecounty_audit.html |date=2009-07-05 }}." ([http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/news/tyc_CokeCounty_AuditReport.pdf PDF version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705233436/http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/news/tyc_CokeCounty_AuditReport.pdf |date=July 5, 2009 }}) [[Texas Youth Commission]]. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.</ref> In 2007, after the TYC inspected the facility, it moved the roughly 200 youth it contracted to the center out of the Coke County facility and caused it to close.<ref>Hughes, Polly Ross and Clay Robison. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5189719.html Houston legislator launches probe of prison contractor]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. October 5, 2007. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.</ref> During the life of the Coke County facility, Wackenhut received criticism from the media for how it operated the center.<ref>"[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/locked-inside-a-nightmare/ Locked Inside A Nightmare]." ''[[60 Minutes]]''. May 2000. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.</ref> Coke County officials criticized the closing, saying that the closing was politically motivated.<ref name="CokeCountyclosecrit"/>