The Department of Justice said kids in state custody at all five Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities have been frequently subjected to excessive force, sexual abuse and other civil rights violations.

At its side is the sort of skull made of sugar common on Day of the Dead altars. And behind is the photo of a white-haired 64-year-old man in glasses smiling at the camera: the late Dr. Jose Luis Linares. Linares died May 25 after being hospitalized at a peak of infections in Mexico City. Still Martinez has found comfort in Mexico’s Day of the Dead practices. Still Mart(inez has found comfort in Mexico's Day of the Dead practices.