DALLAS (AP) - The Texas Youth Commission fired seven employees, including four quality assurance monitors, in response to a report of juvenile inmates living in squalid conditions at a West Texas lockup. Commission Inspector General Bruce Toney said Wednesday that he has opened a criminal investigation into the operations of the Coke County Juvenile Center.

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