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A Community Bailout Leads to a Historic Victory
In February of 2021, when we bailed out 20-year-old Glenn from Smith County Jail, we could never have imagined the historic trajectory of… Read More
Mid-year ’24 Newsletter
The first half of this year has been incredibly busy for our tiny team! We led national workshops, spoke at a county townhall, debated on panels, testified in a federal court hearing, provided evidence for lawsuit filings, applied for fellowships, served on state and county advisory committees and gave expert input. Read More
Texas Tribune: When Texas jail standards push inmates to lockups in other states, oversight doesn’t follow
Texas law requires the reporting and investigation of deaths of people in jails or prisons within the state. Those requirements do not apply to… Read More
Texas Tribune: Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states
Texas Jail Project is featured in another article about overcrowding and the practice of sending people who are pretrial – legally innocent, out of… Read More
Prison Policy Initiative Features TJP
We are so excited that our work on forcing sheriffs to report previously unreported custody deaths in their jails was the feature of nationally… Read More
Texas Observer: Texas’ Plantation Prisons: Inside a 200-Year History of Forced Labor Shrouded in Secrecy
Punishments, injuries, and deaths—including from heat—on TDCJ farms are more hidden than they were in the years following convict leasing. Krishnaveni Gundu,… Read More
Austin American-Statesman: Man sues Travis County, officers after saying he attempted suicide in jail: ‘Broken system’
First, Jason Walker tried strangling himself with his shirt collar in his Travis County Jail cell, he said. When that proved unsuccessful, he attempted… Read More
Austin American-Statesman: What does shortage of Travis County Jail officers mean for incarcerated people?
On Sept. 27, 2022, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards received a letter from a person in the Travis County Jail begging for help. … Read More
TJP Testifies at May 2nd TCJS Meeting
In May, we again took over the quarterly meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards with eighteen community members and allies… Read More