Texas Jail Project

Texas Jail Contacts

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

Mr. Scott Medlock, Prisoners’ Rights Attorney
Texas Civil Rights Project
1405 Montopolis Drive
Austin, TX 78741
OFFICE: 512-474-5073 ext. 105
WEBSITE: http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/

(To see if they can help you with a case, you have to call on a Thursday, 2 to 4 p.m., for initial conversation and screening; they have limited staff.)

Mr. Dominic Gonzales, Director
Fair Defense Project
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
P.O. Box 301587
Austin, TX 78708-0027
OFFICE: 512-441-8123
E-MAIL:
WEBSITE: http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/

Ms. Diana Claitor, Director
Texas Jail Project
1712 E. Riverside Drive, Box 190
Austin, Texas 78741
E-MAIL: dianatexasjailproject.org
WEBSITE: http://www.texasjailproject.org/about

STATE GOVERNMENT

Contact the STATE REPRESENTATIVE and/or SENATOR for your district
and report problems and situations with county/city lockups.
To find out who represents your area, go to this website and put in your address and zip code to find out who your elected representative is and how to contact them:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Write and email, snail mail or fax a short description of your complaint to:
Melinda Hieber, Complaint Inspector
Texas Commission on Jail Standards
P.O. Box 12985
Austin, TX 78711-2985
FAX: 512-463-3185 
 
They want a written complaint so either go to their online form:
http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us/complaint.php
 
or send the info in writing, by mail or fax. If you don't get a response or need one more quickly, then call: 512 463-5505 and ask for Ms. Hieber.
Mr. Adan Munoz, Executive Director
 Texas Commission on Jail Standards
P.O. Box 12985
Austin, TX 78711-2985
OFFICE: 512-463-5505
FAX: 512-463-3185

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Wan J. Kim, Asst. Attorney General
 Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
OFFICE: 202-514-2151
FAX: 202-514-0293