The rate of growth for female incarceration has outpaced that of males by 50 percent since 1980–and over 60 percent of women in state prisons have a child under 18, according to a national advocacy group report released just ahead of Mother’s Day.
The number of graves discovered at a Fort Bend ISD construction site continues to grow, potentially affirming the views of a community activist who had warned district officials that the site could hold bodies of those who were part of a 19th century convict leasing system.
Conservative voters are seeing the value in rehabilitation for offenders jailed on non-violent drug charges.
Women in Texas prisons are not getting the same educational and job training opportunities as incarcerated men. That's according to a new report from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition.
A new survey by the bipartisan Texas Smart-On-Crime Coalition shows a majority of Republican primary voters support criminal justice reforms in the state.
Texas now incarcerates more women by sheer number than any other state in the country, according to a new report.
Decades after a government report on deep inequity in the vocational offerings of the nation's criminal-justice system, little has changed.
The Lone Star State’s prison education system is incredibly sexist.
Incarcerated women in Texas have access to fewer educational and vocational programs compared to incarcerated men, a new study finds.
Incarcerated women should be treated in a way that acknowledges both their special needs and their dignity, whether by barring shackles when they are pregnant, or by providing them more opportunity to connect with their families and children, says the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (TCJC).
