Texas Prisons Ban Greeting Cards, Expand Drug-Sniffing Dog Searches to Visitors
The cards and artwork that Maggie Luna’s children sent to her in prison helped her make it through her sentence. “It was one of the few things I had to Read more »
Conditions of Confinement
Three Texas inmates have died at the hands of prison officers as use of force continues to rise
Gary Ryan was less than three months away from getting out of prison — and his family was doing everything right. His brother-in-law lined up a job for him Read more »
Having My Period in Prison Was Awful. In Texas, That May Finally Change.
“Does the commissary have any more tampons?” My bunkie shook her head. “I already asked when I went by there.” I panicked. “What are we gonna do? I’ve got six Read more »
Democrat disputes $1.2 billion estimate to cool Texas prisons
Urging a Texas House committee to support his bill that would require state prisons to be kept at no more than 85 degrees in the summer, Rep. Terry Canales disputed Read more »
Behind the Negative Headlines, Some Bright Spots for Criminal Justice Reform in Texas
Texas' 86th Legislative session came to a close last month with criminal justice reform advocates lamenting lost opportunities like the Sandra Bland Act — which died in the House of Representatives Read more »
'People are in danger': the prisoners feeling the effects of US climate crisis
Rodney Adams had a job hauling luggage for airlines before bereavements and a back injury took their toll and he was convicted of drink driving in 2012. Just two days Read more »
Reproductive justice for incarcerated Texans
Spoiled milk. Too-thin mattresses. Shackling. Stillbirths. These are some of the appalling examples of neglect and lack of dignity that pregnant people face in jails and prisons around the country Read more »
Mental Illness, Suicide, and the Criminal Justice System
A joint investigation by The AP and the University of Maryland’s Capital News Service unearthed some alarming statistics regarding suicide rates in U.S. prisons and jails. Reporters compiled some 400 lawsuits Read more »
As Summer Temperatures Climb, Most Texas Prisons Aren’t Air-Conditioned
In 2018, after a years-long lawsuit, the state of Texas installed air-conditioning at the Wallace Pack prison southeast of College Station, as part of a settlement with Read more »
Texas lawmakers pass school finance, criminal justice reforms
“From improving conditions of confinement for women to addressing some of the root causes that contribute to women being incarcerated, to training to support pregnant women inmates, to understanding women’s Read more »
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