Texas Jail Project Through News Stories in 2025
April 11, 2025
Here’s a round-up of 2025 news featuring stories, interviews, op-eds, and essays from Texas Jail Project community members and staff.
Topics: Cash Bail, Custody Death, Jail Conditions, Medical, Mental Health, out of state custody deaths, outsourcing, Overcrowding, Pregnancy, Pretrial Policy, TCJS
Here’s a round-up of 2025 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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KERA News: Tarrant County dropped from lawsuit over Anthony Johnson Jr.’s death in custody
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Texas Tribune: Certain criminal suspects would be denied bail under changes OK’d by Texas Senate panel
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KVUE: Trump administration weighs whether to accept Gov. Abbott’s offer of military bases, jail cells to help with immigration enforcement efforts
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Families, activists ask state to deem Tarrant County out of compliance for jail deaths
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Houston Landing: Texas attorney general to join efforts to enforce state standards at Harris County Jail
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Recent Tarrant County jail deaths unite groups from both sides of political aisle
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Houston Public Media: Two more Harris County prisoners die in custody, marking first reported jail deaths of 2025
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Houston Public Media: 3 more people died in Harris County Jail, raising 2024’s in-custody death toll to 10
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KERA News: Tarrant County hires a new chief to run the county jail amid lawsuits, outcry over deaths