Fact Sheet: SB 1584 (Probation Conditions)
April 11, 2017
Alternatives to Incarceration
Fact Sheet: HB 72 (Victim-Offender Mediation)
March 2017
Traffic Ticketing Program That Feeds Debtors’ Prison Pipeline May Be in its Final Year
Since 2003, an obscure Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) program has trapped more than a million Texans in a cycle of debt, opponents say. For nearly as long, lawmakers Read more »
Fact Sheet: HB 1504 (Probation Schedule Accommodation)
May 2017
Legislature Plans to Close Four Correctional Facilities. Will They Become Immigrant Detention Centers?
The lean, mean budgets proposed by the Texas House and Senate don’t do much to inspire optimism about the coming two-year cycle. But opponents of mass incarceration have found some Read more »
Five strikes law for misdemeanors proposed by Texas legislators
Unofficially known as the “career criminal bill,” House Bill 383 would enhance punishments for repeat offenders who commit crimes less serious than a felony. Similar to the federal “three strikes” Read more »
Survey Shows Texas Voters in Favor of Criminal Justice Reform Policies
A broad group of smart-on-crime organizations in Texas announced the release of new Texas Voters Survey polling data showing strong Texas voter support for alternatives to incarceration, as well as Read more »
Most Texas voters support criminal justice reform
More than three-fourths of Texas voters believe 17-year-old offenders should be treated as juveniles rather than adults, and an even greater number support alternatives to incarceration for some nonviolent low-level Read more »
Fact Sheet: HB 3289 (Technical Probation Violations)
Even in Texas, Mass Imprisonment Is Going Out of Style
It promises to be a bleak four years for liberals, who will spend it trying — and, most likely, failing — to defend health care, women’s rights, climate change action Read more »
Pages
