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Families with resources and contacts: People in Dallas, Houston, Tyler, Victoria, San Antonio, Texarkana, and other towns are desperate for information about how county jails are protecting their loved ones from the virus. Remember, no visitors are allowed now since COVID-19! Also, no chaplains or educators or volunteers.

STORIES, INSIGHTS, EXPERIENCES … Join Texas Jail Project’s Executive Director Diana Claitor at 3:30 CT today on Facebook Live with KXAN News for a discussion of our stories featured in their ‘Locked in Limbo’ series about persons with mental illness stuck in county jails. Diana will share insights from the hundreds of stories that Texas Jail

What do you say to a family begging for help for their child? Their 17 year old in Taylor County Jail was denied medical care for a staph infection and was in the midst of his third surgery before his family found out. How do you help families being stonewalled when they seek the medical

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four explores the nightmarish persecution of Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, and Anna Vasquez — four Latina lesbians wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting two little girls in San Antonio, Texas. They were 19 and 20 years at the time of the allegations. The film begins

Texas Jail Project is the focus of two episodes of 70 Million, a national documentary podcast about criminal justice reform. New York journalist and radio producer Rowan Moore Gerety has followed the work of Texas Jail Project for years, and he saw the potential of our history and advocacy for this acclaimed series. The first

Why did Ellis County jailers refuse to transport a woman in labor, resulting in her giving birth on the floor of her cell and the baby dying? Why can’t we find out how many people of color are incarcerated in our county jails? Do any commissioners at the Texas Commission on Jail Standards—the people who

There are about 350 pregnant women locked up in Texas county jails this December. So why do our jails continue to hold pregnant women on minor charges, pretrial — at Christmas? Most have low level non-violent cases, and some are living with mental illness, while others, like 22-year-old Kandace, have a high-risk pregnancy. She was

Are there vets languishing in your local jail? You may not realize that some counties don’t have veterans courts, and in the ones that do, most won’t take a case involving a vet charged with a felony. Like Nick, who wasn’t eligible even though he had not actually hurt anyone and had no criminal record.

We added four great board members in 2017: Houstonian anti-human trafficking activist, Allie Franklin; Austin documentarian and media consultant, Matt Gossage; Marietta Bell Noel, 40 years experience in health and human services, volunteer citizen groups, and diversity work; Alycia Welch, Austin-based specialist in criminal justice reform and Director of Policy & Planning at Lone Star Justice Association. We are answering more critical calls

Click here for the petition at Moms Rising and sign now! Judge Stevens: Release Kandace from Jefferson County Jail! Kandace Washington is 22 and more than 7 months pregnant. She is currently being held Jefferson County Correctional Facility in Beaumont, Texas. Advocates report that she is not receiving exams by an ob/gyn or even regular prenatal vitamins. Delaying her