Inside the Opportunity Center: How Houston Transformed Juvenile Justice Through Trade Education
The building once served as a residential juvenile detention facility. Today, it houses classrooms where justice-involved youth learn welding, carpentry, and entrepreneurship alongside academic courseworkâa transformation that has cut recidivism rates nearly in half. The Opportunity Center, operated through a partnership between Harris County Juvenile Probation Department and WorkTexas, represents a fundamentally different approach to […]