San Antonio Express-News, April 8, 2007 AUSTIN - The last thing Cynthia Cavazos remembers her son telling her from the Texas Youth Commission facility where he was locked up, was not to worry about his poor health. Rodriguez was still in TYC custody when he died two months later of brain swelling and an infection - left untreated, an attorney for his mother says - that had invaded his body. A federal lawsuit blames the agency for Rodriguez' death, saying it violated its constitutional duty to provide the youth with adequate medical care. Last month, a top official for the University of Texas Medical Branch, which delivers medical care to the youth correctional system, said the TYC system was in such disarray, his institution wanted out of its contract. The annual turnover rate for nurses at TYC is 32 percent, UTMB Vice President Dr. Ben Raimer testified.