News Roundup: Reports, Rappers and (Dis)Enfranchisement

Government may or may not be a farce

"...In this week's news roundup: a Texas health official steps down after criticisms for a study..."

Feb. 22, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed Is Afraid of Needles

Bexar D.A. scuttles life-saving needle-exchange program

"...as drug users availing themselves of the public health project would likely be subject to prosecution for possession of..."

Oct. 9, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Petition Filed in Willingham Case

Innocence Project alleges misconduct in death row conviction

"...by state Sen. Rodney Ellis and Michael Morton, Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck announced this morning renewed efforts to..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Final Act

The Texas Documentary Tour hosts Robert Stone's 'Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst'

"...families, communities and respectable jobs, it was back to jail for four former SLA members for the 1975 murder..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

5th Circuit Upholds Sanctuary Cities Law

ACLU in response: "All legal options" on the table

"...of Appeals decided yesterday (Tuesday) that the bulk of Texas’ anti-immigrant Senate Bill 4 can stay in place for..."

March 14, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...those kinds of cases in a huge state like Texas?..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the proposed site of the now-abandoned Wal-Mart Supercenter project at MoPac and Slaughter Lane has filed suit against..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...Group. Despite some complaints about city subsidies granted the project, officials defend the decision as keeping irreplaceable sales-tax dollars..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

A roundup of local news, rumors, and factoids from around Austin

"...Jail Fails -- Again..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...In his new role, he will be handling special projects for Purchasing Officer Sue Brubaker......"

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature

Criminal Justice Advocates and Officials at Odds Over Pandemic Precautions

Campaigning by another name

"...Early this week, Workers Defense Project director (and District Attorney candidate) José Garza sent a..."

March 18, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Council Takes Action on Municipal Court Reform

City has 90 days to evaluate how it handles indigent defendants

"...Austin Muni­cipal Court that are sending indigent defendants to jail. The resolution, authored by Council Member Delia Garza and..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Sky's the Limit

County buys AMOA block for a new "hundred-year" courthouse

"...The price tag is hefty and so is the project that county officials, including the county's presiding judge, Dietz,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sheriff's Office Draws Heat for Helping ICE

County's willingness to oblige feds prompts backlash

"...plan to set up shop at the Travis Co. Jail and the Travis Co. Sheriff's Office's apparent willingness to..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Solving Georgian Acres' Mobility Problem With Buses, Bikes, and Scooters

Solar-powered mobility hub planned for "transit desert"

"...Transportation Depart­ment's Smart Mobility Office, UT-Austin, and local nonprofit Jail to Jobs are joining forces to build a transit..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...of people caught up in the criminal justice system. Texas leads the nation in the number of incarcerated people,..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

"...tore the house apart and hauled Kellie off to jail and her husband, who had abscesses on his legs..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Defenseless: TFDP Sues Williamson Co.

Is Williamson County dispensing with defense?

"...On June 12, the Austin-based Texas Fair Defense Project filed a class-action lawsuit against several..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...system," commented Joe Lovelace, public policy consultant for the Texas chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill...."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cash Cows

The Huddled Masses

"...This love-hate relationship is playing itself out perversely in Texas, where since the passage of the1996 immigration reform bill,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Tell It to the Judge

Jimmy Flannigan’s shake-up at the Municipal Court

"...to interview her that day, and hauled to county jail...."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Locked Up for Being Poor

City accused of unlawfully jailing indigent defendants over unpaid fines

"...new language to combat the issue of Austinites serving jail time over unpaid fines at the Municipal Court as..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...not physical presence for ICE in America's prisons and jails...."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Beaten at the Jailhouse?

An Austin woman claims a misdemeanor arrest led to a beating at the hands of Travis Co. jail guards

"...medication and doctor's care.) Steele was returned to the jail the next day for -- according to jail records..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two

Travis County Bond Propositions

"...put it, "We should never want to build more jails than parks." It may be too late for that..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...residential to Mixed Use, to allow for the proposed project. The developer's plan has prompted outcry from the surrounding..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left

In the hot seats

"...estimated $7.2 billion (of city taxpayers' money) in the Project Connect transit overhaul, which "doubled down on the north-south..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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

S-Comm "Roll Calls" Raise New Questions

Data released leads to more questions than answers

"..."roll call" lists of who's being held in its jail facilities on immigration detainers pursuant to the federal "Secure..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

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 like-minded reformers..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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