Good grief -- how did they miss this? And how was it allowed to continue after it was discovered?

Law enforcement officers who earlier this week moved into Texas Youth Commission facilities to protect inmates from sex predators on Wednesday discovered a registered sex offender working as a correctional officer in a halfway house for juveniles.

The sex offender had been allowed to stay on the job despite an alert that had been sent months ago to TYC administrators in Austin.

David Andrew Lewis, 23, was discovered by investigators sent to TYC's 22 facilities after reports of sex abuse stunned lawmakers.

Gee, he only committed thirteen sex acts against a five-year-old -- how could he possibly be seen as a threat against juveniles?

There needs to be wholesale reform here -- beginning with massive changes in the top leadership at the TYC, and extending upward as well as downward. What did the governor know and when did he know it?

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