Commissioners Court Puts Women’s Jail on Ice
On Tuesday, June 15, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted to delay moving forward with the design of a new women's jail for at least a year. The decision came after more than three Read more »
Conditions of Confinement
NAMI Central Texas hosting film screening, panel on America’s mental health crisis
NAMI Central Texas is hosting a film screening and panel to jumpstart a discussion about mental health in America. You can sign up here to watch the film Read more »
Make Smarter Use of Treatment Programs to Ensure Participant Success
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Layers of Trauma, Layers of Treatment: Using Participant Experiences to Reform Texas’ In-Prison Substance Use Treatment Program
Fact Sheet: HB 2791 (SAFP Via Plea Agreement)
Fact Sheet: HB 4102 (SAFP Outcome Reporting)
Southtown gallery Presa House engages Bexar County DA, Planned Parenthood for upcoming events
Southtown gallery Presa House will host two events this month that engage a broader cross-section of the city than the typical art world crowd. The first takes place Sunday, April Read more »
Immigrant rights groups call for transparency after touring emergency migrant youth shelter
Only one child in federal custody at the Freeman Coliseum has been reunited with his family. The vast majority of the 1,898 children ages 13-17 who remain at the facility Read more »
Five Times Miami's New Police Chief Got it Wrong on Public Safety
Art Acevedo, Miami’s new chief of police, works hard to project a public image that threads the needle between appearing tough on crime and assuring more liberal members of the Read more »
Immigrants' rights groups call on federal government to speed up family reunification process after touring Freeman Coliseum
A coalition of immigrants’ rights groups are urging the federal government to speed up the family reunification process, following a tour of the Freeman Coliseum, which currently houses more
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