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Weekly news round-up 5/19/25
Read the highlights of Texas Jail Project news coverage below and click on the links to read the full articles. The Guardian: A Texas… Read More
Mothers Need Your Support Beyond Mother’s Day! Help Mothers Impacted By Pretrial Detention and Mothers Whose Children Have Died In-Custody
Ruth Wilson Gilmore says, “The primacy of class is thoroughly gendered: women who work to support their families and to free their loved ones encounter one another as laborers with similar triple workdays – job, home, justice.” Texas Jail Project encounters and interacts with many such women in that so-called third job: justice. Read More
STOP THE BAD BAIL BILLS! Call your legislators today!
Texas lawmakers are on the brink of changing our state constitution and enacting extreme pretrial detention laws that will swell our county jail populations… Read More
Wrongful death case ends with closure, if not justice
Guest blog post by William F. Patrick It has been nearly seven years since Rhonda Newsome, 50, died in the Anderson County… Read More
Tell Your TX House Rep. “Vote NO on HB 5139/SB 2570”
House Bill 5139 (SB 2570) would reduce the standards for jailers and guards to allow them to use force recklessly. Read the one-pager below… Read More
There’s no justice without accountability
Guest editorial by William F. Patrick I have never been to jail. This is not bragging; it is a simple fact. The… Read More
Weekly news round-up 5/5/25
Read the highlights of Texas Jail Project news coverage below and click on the links to read the full articles. KERA News: Woman’s death… Read More
Weekly news round-up 4/28/25
Read the highlights of Texas Jail Project news coverage below and click on the links to read the full articles. Texas Observer: Abbott’s Bail… Read More
Join us in Austin May 1st: Next TCJS Public Meeting
Únase a nosotros en Austin este jueves. Join us in speaking at the May 1 public meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Read More