Speakers Testify Against Detention Facility Relicensing

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

"...at the close of business Monday, officials from the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services (DFPS) will now..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...tent, asking God to deliver her from the makeshift detention camp, when she heard the plane’s roar...."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

ICE Draws Fire for “Sham” Detention Contracts

Local groups say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shouldn't get away with sidestepping federal protocol

"...away with sidestepping federal protocol when it comes to detention center contracts. In a letter dated Dec. 5, organizations..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Choosing Detention Over Death

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

"...the U.S. from Mexico. She stayed at a short-term detention facility run by CBP while waiting to be moved..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

How to Help Detained Migrant Families

Make an impact by contributing to these advocacy groups

"...With in-kind donations to detention centers being refused by Customs and Border Protection authorities,..."

July 15, 2019 News Post by Katelyn Landry

Diversidad Sin Fronteras, PJ Raval Unite Over Trans Rights

Call Her Ganda screening hopes to highlight trans migrants

"...Advocates say she was repeatedly denied medical care by detention staff prior to her death...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...undocumented immigrants statewide who make up half of the Texas construction workforce, according to a UT/Workers Defense Project report...."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...drawn back from Congress Avenue near Oltorf Street in South Austin, in such a way that most people don’t..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Justice Department Begins Phase-Out of Private Prisons

Five Texas prisons currently under contract with federal government

"...Yates – and five of those prisons are in Texas. The decision should affect roughly 22,000 of the nearly..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...The city's topographical condition within Texas' expansive geography makes it a common target for big..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Naked City

"...this shockingly high number of in-custody deaths in immigration detention," said Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU National Prison..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Allegations of Mistreatment at a Southwest Key Shelter

The deportation complex

"...gang violence in Gua­te­mala forced Blanca to flee to Texas with her 4-year-old daughter, the result of repeated rape..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Women and Children First

Immigration raids targeting families strike fear in Austin's Latino community

"...(i) were apprehended after May 1, 2014 crossing the southern border illegally, (ii) have been issued final orders of..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Naked City

"...last chance to be among the tiny minority of Texas citizens voting on the latest mix-and-match batch of proposed..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the attorney general. Montoya, who represented East and Southeast Austin in District 2, was the longest-serving member of..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Immigration Storm Reaches Hurricane Strength

10,000 protesters crowd Austin's streets in support of immigrant rights

"...weeks," said Will Harrell, executive director of ACLU of Texas. "While those 500,000 people were walking the streets, only..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Julian Castro and Beto O'Rourke Highlight Rivalry at Events in Austin

For now, there's room enough in Texas for both its 2020 favorite sons

"...At his Friday fundraising event to support the Texas Democratic Party – and then, afterwards, in an extended..."

June 29, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...– Houston state Rep. Garnet Coleman, refuting suggestions that Texas Democrats should drop the second half of their dual..."

March 14, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...God wants and that is not tax themselves." – Texas Tax Reform Commission Chairman John Sharp, ridiculing a coalition..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Missing shouldering your way through the South by Southwest crowds? Lamenting that you won't have to..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for the South by Southwest Film Festival popped up in our in-box...."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Beto, Castro Come to Town

2020 Texans throw shade as rivalry heats up

"...So now that, in the words of the Texas Tribune's Aman Batheja, "this whole two-Texans-running-for-president-at-the-same-time thing has stopped..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Film News

Welcome to the great state of South by Southwest

"...Welcome, South by Southwest visitors. Consider this your quickie primer to..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...PAC rounded up support from major music players like South by Southwest and RRCD venues. Campaign manager Jim Wick..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Conran Deported?

Robert Conran's prison ordeal is finally over, but now he must struggle against deportation.

"...of committing armed robbery at the Furr's Cafeteria on South Lamar (see "Now Serving ... Time," The Austin Chronicle,..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Refugees Remain in Taylor Prison

ACLU files suit to spring children from 'residential facility'

"...of Austin. About four months ago, protests outside the detention center, organized by the human-rights coalition Texans United for..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Barbara's Fire

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

"...the (now-shuttered) T. Don Hutto Residential Center in rural Texas – actually more prison than refuge, for "teeming masses..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...dropping off any individual put on emergency detainer. In Texas, a peace officer emergency deten­tion, known shorthand as a..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Duality of Southwest Key

An East Austin nonprofit in the immigration debate

"...of children enjoying outdoor activities, adorns the side of South­west Key's headquarters in East Aus­tin. A yellow-canopied playground sits..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Elementary Rights

Clearing the Red Tape

"...Federal Building will require the INS to build new detention cells in the basement, along with relocating computer LAN..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature by Melissa Sattley

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