AUSTIN, Texas — Fifty-three-year-old Annette Price visits prisoners every week in hopes that sharing their stories gives them hope.
Report: Female incarceration rising in Texas prisons
Women's Justice
Reform group calls for action to lower growing number of women in prison
More women are finding themselves in Texas prisons and jails, and one criminal justice reform group is urging lawmakers and local officials to enact policies to stop that trend.
New Report Shows Growing Number of Women in Texas Prisons and Jails
Today, TCJC released part one of a two-part report series on women in Texas prisons and jails. A Growing Population: The Surge of Women into Texas’ Criminal Justice System examines the staggering rise in the number of women in Texas’ justice system and makes recommendations for programs and policies that can reverse this trend and effectively redirect women away from incarceration.
Read the rest of this press release here.
Travis County Plans New Women's Jail
One evening last September, an employee at the local organization Grassroots Leadership was scanning through Travis County's proposed budget when she stumbled upon plans for a new $91 million women's jail on the county's Del Valle correctional campus.
Advocates Urge Halt To Travis County Plans For New Women's Jail
Instead, nine community groups urge for greater focus to be placed on implementing recommendations aimed at reducing incarceration rates.
Texas female prison population rises as male population decreases
The female prison population in the Lone Star state is on the rise even as fewer men are filling state lock-ups - but experts say it's not clear why.
More women are jailed in Texas, even though arrests have dropped. Why?
Back when the county jail here housed maybe three women, jailers didn’t have to worry much about contraband mascara, tampon shortages or raunchy love notes in the intra-inmate mail.
UT study finds longer incarceration for girls, but why remains unclear
When Erin Espinosa was a probation officer in Texas, she often found herself between a rock and a hard place when she had to decide whether to keep a girl detained after committing a crime or return her on probation to a troubled home.
Dip in Texas Prison Population Continues Trend
The number of men and women being held in Texas prisons fell by more than one percent in 2014, a slight dip that continues a downward trend aided by new diversion programs and a reluctance by state lawmakers to add more prison beds.
Girls Incarcerated Longer for Less Serious Offenses, Texas Study Shows
Girls serve longer sentences than boys in the Texas juvenile justice system, and for less serious offenses, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin.
Read the rest of this article at Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.