Justice Department Begins Phase-Out of Private Prisons

Five Texas prisons currently under contract with federal government

"...The Federal Bureau of Prisons will "decline to renew the contract or substantially..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Who Fired Tony Fabelo?

Last year's veto of the Criminal Justice Policy Council reflects a private agenda at the governor's office

"...Last spring's dismissal by Gov. Rick Perry of Tony Fabelo, head of the state's Criminal Justice Policy..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...her 9-year-old son to escape the injustice and violence of her home country...."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Opposition to Immigrant Detention Centers Mounting

"...15, after a weeklong 105-mile march to protest treatment of detainees at the private, for-profit facility operated by Corrections..."

Sept. 27, 2007 News Post by Patricia J. Ruland

Judge to Feds: Obey the Law

Orders Department of Justice to begin releasing children and mothers

"...In a blistering ruling that said the U.S. Department of Justice was not only violating a 1997 consent decree..."

July 28, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Lege Ponders "Jails 'R' Us"

Lege proposals to privatize jails may not be the cost-cutter supporters claim.

"...In the area of criminal justice, tight budgets can be both painful and..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cover-up at Hutto?

Alleged incident of 'inappropriate contact' between guard and detainee at T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility puts Immigration and Customs Enforcement in hot seat again

"...the hot seat again – over an alleged incident of "inappropriate contact" between a guard and a detainee on..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Detention Center Lawsuits Begin

ACLU files 10 lawsuits on behalf of immigrant children who were detained at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor

"...The American Civil Liberties Union has filed 10 lawsuits on behalf..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

UT students protest the school's contract with Sodexho Marriott, a major stockholder in the world's largest private prison system.

"...Student activists at the University of Texas should know in the next few weeks if..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Lady Bird Johnson cared for all that..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

National Spotlight Shines on Detention Center

Things are getting dicey at Immigration and Customs Enforcement-affiliated facility in Taylor

"...is fielding national scorn and shock over alleged mistreatment of detainees, especially with respect to the practice ofÊincarcerating children...."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

Prison reformers protest plans for a for-profit detention center near Laredo.

"...According to Carlos Villareal of the Texas Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, a group of..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

T. Don Hutto: Homeland Security Bars U.N. Inspector

Homeland Security clangs detention center's door shut on U.N. investigator Jorge Bustamante

"...Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, the big house of increasingly ill repute owned and operated by Corrections Corporation..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Refugees Remain in Taylor Prison

ACLU files suit to spring children from 'residential facility'

"...By now, most of the country has heard of the T. Don Hutto..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Immigrant Detention Blues

Unknown number of immigrants languish in private detention center in Taylor; a small but growing group is working to make their situation public knowledge

"...in which members described repeated beatings at the hands of Israeli officials and health complications from gas attacks in..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Court: Immigrant Detention Is Child Care

3rd Court of Appeals dismisses suit that challenged "family residential centers" that meet only minimal child welfare standards

"...State officials who seek to minimize the standards protecting undocumented mothers..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Racism is racism; xenophobia is xenophobia. It's..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature

Weed Watch: Meddling Federal Lawmakers Share Blame in Senseless Medi-Pot Death

Barr and co. prevented D.C. voters from enacting law

"...The mother of a quadriplegic man who died last year while in..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cash Cows

The Huddled Masses

"...relationship with newcomers. We love calling ourselves a nation of immigrants; we enjoy strutting around the world stage, portraying..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Oops!

Our latest batch

"...Dave Denison, we inadvertently but briefly changed the gender of Molly Ivins' dog Shit from female to male by..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Column

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Cross-Border Craziness

Illinois workers allegedly fired due to 'no match' problems with Social Security numbers

"...notices sent by the Social Security Administration informing employers of discrepancies between a worker's stated identity information and the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

"...Quote of the week "Make no mistake, this is not going..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...occurrence on multiple levels and coming from guards more often than other inmates. Ask anyone who has been inside..."

July 12, 2002 Column

News Roundup: John Legend, the FBI, and Paul Pryor

Legend calls for criminal justice reform; Pryor passes away

"...John Legend was in Austin on Thursday to kick off his "Free America" campaign against mass incarceration. The singer..."

April 20, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Detainees Strike for Freedom

Hunger strikes call attention to plight of women and children refugees

"...County detention facility has reaffirmed opposition to the practice of profit-driven prisons housing refugees, galvanizing Austin immigrant advocates to..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

On the Lege

Voter-ID bills protect voters ... by keeping them away from polls

"...technical glitches, human errors, hanging chads – do happen, often enough to affect the vote and embarrass the republic...."

May 4, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...The Least of TheseDocumentary Feature, Lone Star States D: Clark Lyda, Jesse..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fighting Family Detention

On June 1, a judge will consider whether to allow detention centers to be licensed as child-care facilities

"...In 2014, the Obama administration revived the controversial practice of "family detention": incarcerating undocumented female immigrants along with their..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

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