A New Jail for Travis County?
Travis County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry.
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Alternatives to Incarceration
Reformers Hopeful the 2019 Legislature will Expand Texas’ Medical Marijuana Law
Activists are mapping a path to end arrests for possession and broaden the state's medical marijuana program ahead of the next legislative session.
Texas criminal justice reforms offer lessons for Oklahoma
Lawmakers in Texas say their efforts to reduce prison sizes and costs offer lessons for Oklahoma, where corrections officials are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars to build new ones. Read more »
Probation Failing Young Offenders
The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, a research and advocacy organization on CJ reform, has just issued a report on the use of probation for youthful offenders in Texas.
Health and Advocacy Organizations Urge the Texas Legislature to Implement Effective Strategies to Address Substance Use Disorder
A coalition of health and advocacy groups have jointly developed recommendations to address substance use disorder in Texas.
Texas Gov. Abbott proposes tougher bail laws for defendants who represent a threat to police
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is backing an effort to keep defendants with violent pasts behind bars. On Tuesday, Abbott appeared in Waco to ask state lawmakers to pass a new law that, Read more »
Lawmakers get a lesson on the drug problem in Texas, by the numbers
Drug abuse is involved 70 percent of the time when Texas Child Protective Services removes children from their families. Half of the inmates in county jails across the state have Read more »
Treatment options for drug use severely lacking in Texas, experts say
The consensus was clear at the state Capitol among criminal justice and Child Protective Services professionals facing the nation’s opioid crisis: Texas needs more treatment options.
Texas criminal justice professionals push for more treatment options to fight opioid crisis
Criminal justice and child protective services professionals told legislators Tuesday that the state is severely lacking in treatment services to combat the opioid crisis and other substance use problems.
Substance Use Disorder Coalition Recommendations for House Select Committee
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