Detainees Strike for Freedom

Hunger strikes call attention to plight of women and children refugees

"...A recent hunger strike at a Karnes County detention facility has reaffirmed opposition to the practice..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Detention Is Not Child Care

"The conditions at Karnes and Dilley are equivalent to prisons," said Bob Libal

"...On Friday, Dec. 2, Travis County Judge Karin Crump issued a final judgment blocking the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Big Brother Sets Eyes on Immigrants

Footage from last week's capitol demo against new detention center

"...were demanding a halt to the construction of the Karnes County Civil Detention Facility...."

June 27, 2011 News Post by Katie Tomasino

Choosing Detention Over Death

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

"...days, M and her son were moved to the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, where women and..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Fighting Family Detention

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

"...the testimony of E.G.S., a woman detained in the Karnes County Residential Center. E.G.S. fled to the U.S. from..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Day Trips

Duels and gunfights killed this Karnes County town

"...by one too many gunfights. The old, two-story former county courthouse remains as a testimony of the ghost town's..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips scares us with spooky stories of Texas.

"...in Helena are the ghosts. Once the seat of Karnes County and a thriving stagecoach stop, the town sported..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Court: Immigrant Detention Is Child Care

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

"...South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley and the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City – as child..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Speakers Testify Against Detention Facility Relicensing

Instead of changing conditions, DFPS plans to just change detention center classification

"...South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley and the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, into licensed child-care..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The End of Family Detention?

Positive changes coming, but some say it's not enough

"...who's represented roughly 20 families kept in the for-profit Karnes County Residential Center, located 100 miles south of Austin..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Barbara's Fire

Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students

"...retirement – she's seen history repeat itself, in the Karnes County Residential Center. The facility – this one 100..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Hilda Ramirez Speaks Out for Refugees Despite ICE Intimidation

"...after nearly a year of detention at the oppressive Karnes County Residential Center in South Texas, and they've been..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Katherine McNevins

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...(ICE). The pair spent 11 months in the for-profit Karnes County Residential Center, where Ramirez says she was "humiliated..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...31, a group of women being held at the Karnes County family detention center in Karnes City, Texas, began..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature

News Roundup: Water Flows Downhill

WTP 4 opens, ACLU sues Obama, and Brown awaits his fate

"...children are being imprisoned in several U.S. facilities, including Karnes, Texas, and a newly opened facility in Dilley, Texas,..."

Dec. 22, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Headlines

"...managed by the for-profit prison corporation that runs the Karnes County family detention cen­ter. A complaint was recently filed..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature

Postmarks

Post-election political rumblings , and Music Editor Raoul Hernandez takes it on the chin from Nina Simone fans.

"...to Pawnee involving over 120 landowners in Goliad and Karnes Counties. Goliad and Karnes County Commissioner Courts and the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column

Headlines

"...Leaving a Trail: Travis County approved the purchase of a new election system to..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

The New Governor opens his campaign for re-election.

"...undeserved entombment (1897-1928) in the cornerstone of the Eastland County courthouse. Old Rip died of pneumonia less than a..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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

Legend calls for criminal justice reform; Pryor passes away

"...incarceration. The singer performed for inmates at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle before cruising to the..."

April 20, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Day Trips

"...the farm and ranchland west of TX123 in northern Karnes County...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

Sine die looms. Do these bills have a shot?

"...penned by the for-profit GEO Group, which oversees the Karnes County Residential Center. Democrats slammed the measure, calling the..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...ex-Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed violated Texas lobbying laws, County Attorney David Escamilla announced Monday. Escamilla indicated, however, that..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Facing the South

The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa

"...but right in the middle, across the Live Oak/Duval county line. No road (at least none I could find,..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

"...County courthouses in Texas are some of the most beautiful..."

March 27, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Democrats Get a Boost From Court Redistricting

District 25 will now be more rooted in Travis County, yet also more conservative

"...represents a 25th Congressional District that – while Travis County-centric – clearly tilts more to the right. As Doggett..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Vo Faces the Challenge

New lawmaker comes to Capitol as election contest rages on

"...Rep. Jack Stick of Austin and Eric Opiela of Karnes City, also have filed challenges to their respective November..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Chair, Travis County Libertarian Party..."

July 26, 2002 Column

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...order to see those words hovering over the Montgomery County Processing Center, just an hour from their hometown...."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

News Roundup: Protests and Presidents

Contentious issues and presidential contenders

"..."Save It, Don't Pave It," hosted by Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea, took place on Saturday, May 2...."

May 4, 2015 News Post by the News Staff