Texas Jail Project Through News Stories in 2024
December 31, 2024
Here’s a round-up of 2024 news featuring stories, interviews, op-eds, and essays from Texas Jail Project community members and staff.
Topics: Cash Bail, Covid-19, Custody Death, Jail Conditions, Medical, Mental Health, Pregnancy, Pretrial Policy, TCJS
Here’s a round-up of 2024 news featuring stories, interviews, op-eds, and essays from Texas Jail Project community members and staff. Find them all on our Stories page.
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KXAN: Texas counties failed 800 times to report people for firearm background checks
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Defender Network: Critics argue Harris County Crime Data Dashboard misleads on bond policies, racial disparities
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Houston Chronicle: HPD hired a former jail guard who quit after allegations of abuse. Now, groups want reform
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KXAN: Central Texas shooting spree case delay highlights state hospital struggles
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Houston Public Media: Advocates urge Harris County DA’s office to address ‘potentially misleading’ crime data dashboard
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KERA News: ‘I need answers’: Mother of man who died in Tarrant custody criticizes lack of outside investigation
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KERA News: Private prison operator GEO Group wants $4M in Texas tax refunds, company tells state justices
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The Drag Podcast Features TJP
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KERA News: State says Tarrant County violated law requiring independent jail death investigations
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Bolts: North Texas Sheriff Running for Reelection Faces Grief and Anger Over Rising Jail Deaths
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Houston Public Media: Hundreds more Harris County inmates will be moved to Louisiana after closure of west Texas private jail
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WBUR Here and Now: Breaking the Bond: A look at bail reform in Harris County, Texas
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Tarrant DA asks family of woman who died in county jail to withdraw request for autopsy
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Houston Landing: Finally in compliance: Harris County Jail passes state inspection for first time in 2 years
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Texas Tribune: When Texas jail standards push inmates to lockups in other states, oversight doesn’t follow
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Texas Tribune: Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states
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Texas Observer: Texas’ Plantation Prisons: Inside a 200-Year History of Forced Labor Shrouded in Secrecy
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Austin American-Statesman: Man sues Travis County, officers after saying he attempted suicide in jail: ‘Broken system’
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Austin American-Statesman: What does shortage of Travis County Jail officers mean for incarcerated people?
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Kris 6 News: DYING FOR HELP: Falfurrias woman dies while in custody of Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office
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Austin American-Statesman: Bail is big topic in Travis County DA’s race. What is it? How does it relate to public safety?
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Houston Public Media: A woman had a miscarriage after detention officers allegedly assaulted her in the Harris County Jail, lawsuit says
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ABC 13: Former Harris Co. inmate claims she miscarried after jailer’s assault, other inmates gang-raped her
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KFF Health News: Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. It Could Get Worse.
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KERA News: Tarrant County plans to cut ties with private prison that violated state jail standards
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KXAN: Advocates, family members denounce jail deaths at Texas Capitol hearing
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Defender Network: Has anything changed in Harris County Jail? 8 things you need to know
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Houston Public Media: State inspection finds medical neglect, other violations at private facility housing hundreds of Harris County inmates
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KERA News: Town hall in Arlington to bring Tarrant County sheriff, activists to discuss jail conditions, deaths