Juvenile officer's do-not-hire status initially reversed amid sexual misconduct investigation

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Juvenile Justice Department allowed a juvenile corrections officer who was being investigated over sexual misconduct allegations to resign and remain eligible for hire weeks after firing him, state records show. Records obtained by KXAN show that the change was part of a mediation settlement agreement in 2022 between former juvenile corrections officer Isaiah Xavier Smith and the agency. Smith was initially fired in September 2022 for turning off his bod