In the year since her arrest and death in Waller County, Sandra Bland has powered the push for criminal justice reforms in Texas.
A Year Later, Sandra Bland's Death Propels Calls for Reform
Conditions of Confinement
The End of Prison Visitation
A new system called "video visitation" is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It's inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence — but god, it makes money.
'Video visitation' is ending in-person prison visits – and prisons are going to make a ton of money
A new system called "video visitation" is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls.
A Nonviolent 15-year-old Will Spend Christmas in an Overcrowded Facility
A part of Amelia Rondon almost did not want to attend her son’s detention hearing, held three days before Christmas.
Are Inmate Phone Privileges Too Costly?
Bill Pope knows a thing or two about prison phones. He’s the president of NCIC, a service provider for phones in Texas detention centers. He also knows about how the phones affect lives.
Misused prisons waste capital, labor and real estate
An executive can commit no greater sin in business than to misuse capital, labor or real property, the foundations of wealth.
Report warns against cutting funding for inmates
When lawmakers return to Austin in 10 days to begin grappling with what appears will be a bare-bones state budget, a legislative panel that oversees the Texas prison system is urging them to resist cutting funding for programs that help former inmates and probationers adjust to free-world life.
Commentary: Is Texas wasting money by locking up so many people? Easy answer is yes
An executive can commit no greater sin in business than to misuse capital, labor or real property, the foundations of wealth.
Sexual abuse allegations, suicide attempts follow jump in juvenile offender population
Officials at the state youth prison agency are investigating a suspected serial sexual predator among corrections officers at a juvenile lockup in Gainesville.
Fights Abound at the Overpopulated Harris County Juvenile Detention Center
The Harris County Juvenile Detention Center has kicked into "emergency staffing" mode given that the 250-capacity detention center was housing 295 kids as of September 22.