Texas Jail Project Through News Stories in 2021
December 31, 2021
2021 was an unprecedented year for Texas communities impacted by county jail incarceration. Here's a look at all the news articles which featured stories, interviews, op-eds and essays from Texas…
2021 was an unprecedented year for Texas communities impacted by county jail incarceration. Here’s a look at all the news articles which featured stories, interviews, op-eds and essays from Texas Jail Project’s community members both inside and outside county jails, and our team. Click here to see the full list:
The Marshall Project When COVID-19 Hit a Texas Jail, an Activist Demanded Change
The Appeal Pregnant Women Allege Abuse in Texas Jails
Fort Worth Weekly Humanizing Life Behind Bars
Arnold Ventures An Inside Look at Texas Jails During the COVID-19 Pandemic
NBC News “Animals At The Zoo Get Better Treatment” Inside Texas’ Frigid Jails
Washington Post Texas Inmates Endure Freezing Temperatures
TIME Magazine Nearly 200,000 People Still Lack Power Amid Snow, Subzero Temperatures Across Texas. Here’s How To Help.
Washington Post Op-Ed co-authored by Krishnaveni Gundu Why Reimagining Safety Looks Different in Rural America
Texas Tribune Texas Jails and Prisons See Brutal Cold And Overfilled Toilets In Winter Storm
Huffington Post UK People in Texas Jails are “Freezing,’ without Hot Food or Running Water
CBS News It’s Like We’re Not Even Human: Texas Inmates Face Frigid Temperatures During Weather Crisis
Dallas Observer As COVID-19 Spreads, A Fight to Shutter Parts of Dallas County Jail
Texas Observer Clogged Inside Snow Outside: How The Winter Storm Exacerbated Problems in Texas Lock-Ups
BreakThrough News A Nation in Chains: Mass Incarceration in Black America: Goldie VanZandt & Krish Gundu interview
Tyler Morning Telegraph Pandemic adds new complications for jails struggling to help inmates with mental illness
Texas Observer How Texas Jails Avoid Investigations of Deaths
D Magazine A Story of Two Deaths at the Collin County Jail
Mother Jones It’s Terrifying, It’s Almost Crippling: Texas Jails and Prisons
Vice News Texas Jails Were Freezing and Smelled Like Urine
NPR Short Wave How the Pandemic Has Played Out Behind Bars
Blue Tent Philanthropy How a Tiny Group of Activists Built a Criminal Justice Reform Organization
Interviewed & Quoted in The New Yorker A Fight to Expose the Hidden Human Costs of Incarceration
Dallas Morning News Texas Community Bail Funds Grow
Spectrum News Who Belongs Behind Bars: Texas Bail Reform Debated
KLTV News Tyler East Texas jail advocate speaks against bill that would make it harder for some to bond out
Op-Ed by formerly incarcerated combat veteran & TJP community member Jerome VanZandt in Houston Chronicle Despite New Law, Texas still has far to go on bail reform
KWTX News Waco Area county jail populations continue to climb amid pandemic
Tyler Morning Telegraph Jailed Army Veteran To Be Moved to Medical Facility Following Protest
Texas Observer “Locked Up and Left to Die” How Deaths in Texas Jails are Ignored and Unresolved
Dallas Observer A Texas Man Begged for Mental Health Help. Instead, He Ended Up in Jail Time and Again
Dallas Observer In Texas Jails Some People End Up ‘Lost in the System’ for Months or More
Houston Chronicle Vague standards, weak enforcement endager Texas jail inmates, government watchdog finds
Houston Chronicle On July 4th, Texans’ Reflect on Lives, Fortune and Sacred Honor’ made in Declaration of Independence
CBS 19 Covid-19 Incites Tyler Advocate to Focus on Jail Conditions
Fort Worth Weekly Tarrant county finally uses cite and release
Tyler Morning Telegraph Smith County Commissioners Court continues to battle concerns over jail population and Covid-19 spread
Op-Ed by Tamera Hutcherson in the Fort Worth Weekly Left Behind
Video interview in the Fort Worth Weekly Hitting the Fort’ with Texas Jail Project
Dallas Morning News Response to the Editorial Board by TJP Team Member Tamera Hutcherson
