A Process for the Indigent

No more “locked up for being poor”?

"...their efforts. "This is a nationwide problem of basically jailing people for being poor," she said...."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Adam Reposa Can’t Beat the Rap

Infamous defense attorney currently in custody for contempt of court

"...Sept. 20, Reposa was sentenced to 180 days in jail by Hon. Paul Davis, the retired judge of the..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

APD Jaywalking Arrests Spark Outcry

YouTube video of arrests ignite controversy over APD force

"...any charges. All three were booked into Travis County Jail, though Glen and King were both allowed to leave..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Meet the Candidate: Sally Hernandez

The not-yet candidate talks the issues

"...health and the need for better treatment in the jails and throughout the county...."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Unanswered Questions in Jailhouse Suicide

Since 2012, 100 have suffered self-inflicted deaths in Texas jails

"...be recognized as Texas' 30th suicide in a county jail this year. The news came just as Lt. Gov...."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Point Austin: Death in Custody

Sandra Bland was guilty of driving while black

"...if Sandra Bland hadn't died in the Waller County jail, we would never have seen the police video that..."

July 31, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...deep on this issue. Recently it manifested in the Jail Guitar Doors program, begun with polemical UK minstrel Billy..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

House Bills 1140 & 1141

Two bills would require more reporting on conditions of jails

"...reporting on the conditions pregnant inmates face in Texas jails. The standard of care for pregnant inmates has been..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Kevin Gates: By Any Means Necessary

Baton Rouge rapper returns to the Scoot Inn Wednesday

"...KG: I was in jail when he died. [Gates served four months in penitentiary..."

July 11, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

The 'People's Court'

Pro-pot candidate enters JP race

"...of making an arrest and booking a person into jail. And in Travis County, all such citations are processed..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UPDATE: Lehmberg Trial Day Two: We're All Drunks

State pursues implication that Lehmberg is an "alcoholic"

"...knows that her behavior upon arrest, and at the jail, was deplorable, and said she feels bad about it..."

Dec. 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Court Weighs New Trial For Pitonyak

Gruesome slaying in West Campus revisited by federal jurists

"...to disclose before his trial information recorded in Hall's jail records by a jail counselor, noting that Hall told..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...stage! Arrested an entertainer and dragged him to the jail! We’re watching this going, “I don’t believe this is..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...on the sidewalk to the personal belongings of county jail inmates; from vials of blood extracted from drunken driving..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Will Texas Do Better?

Familiar efforts to decriminalize weed and criminalize salvia are unlikely to pass

"...B misdemeanor (punishable by up to six months in jail) if the person is popped three times or more..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sheriff Over ICE

Dem candidates spar over the TCSO role in immigration

"...which requires that fingerprints of persons booked into local jails be submitted to the feds for comparison against a..."

March 23, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup 2/23/11

Your drug war news all in one place.

"...jump on board with this – even though not jailing sick pot users might actually help to save some..."

Feb. 23, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Innovative Justice: Lipscombe vs. Seelig

Both candidates push alternatives to incarceration

"...best to help defendants find redemption and avoid unnecessary jail time. Lipscombe says that as a judge he'd like..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Baird Successor: Crowded Field Jockeys for 299th

Criminal court opening draws several hopefuls

"...tracking for defendants, thereby enabled to get out of jail on bond. Moreover, though there had been plenty of..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Long Vindication

After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence

"...Kisner recalls now that – although he'd been in jail for months before testifying – after he took the..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Police dropped charges against AISD senior Mamadee Kamara – but that didn't stop the district from acting as judge and jury

"...charged in the attack) and spent two weeks in jail before being released on a personal bond in late..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Uncontrollable Urge

Devo's 21st century 'de-evolution' hopefully won't get anyone arrested

"...and said, 'You stop this, or you're going to jail!' So I went back to the mic, and the..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...although I lost my baby at the Williamson County jail prior to being transported to SAFP due to being..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Communicating with loved ones confined in the Travis County Jail may be easier, faster, and cheaper, now that the..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...husband were arrested for possession, for which she did jail time. She was busted again for pot in 1952..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Reefer Madness: A Modest Proposal

Houston Rep. Harold Dutton offers up Legislation for downgrading criminal penalties associated with possession of small amounts of pot

"...B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in jail, meaning getting popped with even a single joint –..."

March 30, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...• The Travis County Sheriff's Office says 52-year-old jail inmate Eulogio Larry Luna III died at Brackenridge Hospital..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Weed Watch

North Dakota could be first state to issue farmers licenses to grow industrial hemp; and Limbaugh off the hook

"...the man has managed to keep himself out of jail. Shocking? Not really – he is, after all, a..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who We Are

The 'Chronicle' interviews Howard Zinn on war, peace, and human nature

"...legislation passed by Congress that would put people in jail if they spoke up against the war, and of..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Capote

While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.

"...and, most devastatingly, his friendship. Their scenes in the jail cell together, during which both actors are at the..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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