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Opinion: Help on the Horizon: Homelessness, Addiction, and Hope
We need to support a multifaceted approach that addresses housing, harm reduction, and supportive services simultaneously
"...Health Diversion Center Pilot to keep people out of jail, swapping confinement for compassion...."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by Maggie Luna

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...committed nonviolent crimes but might otherwise be put in jail. It spends $15 million to provide free attorneys for..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature

Bill Campbell: Blues Me or Lose Me
Remembering the late, great guitarist
"...local loyalists banded together. Once Campbell was freed from jail, he moved to Los Angeles to live with me...."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Red Rooms
Disturbing courtroom drama with a sickening psychological twist
"...all those women who propose to convicted killers in jail, whose fannish devotion to murderers leads them to dark..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Man Awaiting Murder Trial for Six Years Wants Hays County to Make Up Its Mind
Devonte Amerson spent five years in jail with no conviction
"...since Devonte Amerson was released from the Hays County Jail on bond. It’s been six and a half years..."

Sept. 6, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: Paralysis and Inadequate Analysis as Austin Drags Its Feet to Implement CAFA
City and county’s failure to change their arrest and arraignment procedures waste resources and make Austin less safe
"...counterintuitive, but they make sense when you consider how jail time can affect someone’s life. A person held for..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Column by Amanda Marzullo

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles for 2024
Releases from Samuel L. Jackson, Talk to Me producer
"...Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to..."

Aug. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 16-22
"...until the cops came and threw them in a jail cell with nothing to eat or drink for 10..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Restaurant Review: Donkey Mo’s
Consistency issues plague this popular Korean fried chicken joint
"...with water in Styrofoam cups. Styrofoam cups! Straight to jail. Next time, I’m just going to bring my reusable..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Rehabilitative Power of Art in Sing Sing
Oscar nominee Colman Domingo teams with Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar in a story of transformation behind prison walls
"...Nationally, 60% of people released from prison return to jail within three years. In RTA alumni, that reincarceration rate..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz
Local newsroom leaders see growth potential despite tough climate
"...Rock Independent School District, conditions at the Hays County Jail, and the arrival of Samsung in Taylor, for example...."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin
Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa
"...efforts were reduced to helping him get out of jail after a downtown brawl...."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

Study on Austin Murders Finds Random Shootings Rare. City Says Police Alternatives Can Help.
City collaborates with nonprofits to stop violence
"...is a partnership with three organizations – Life Anew, Jail to Jobs, and Hungry Hill Foundation – which are..."

July 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Ruben Gutierrez Set to Be Executed
Texas has denied his request for DNA testing
"...a false confession he offered when police threatened to jail his wife and have his kids placed in foster..."

July 12, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Advocates Overwhelmingly Oppose Expanding Juvenile Jail Campus
They say services shouldn’t be tied to incarceration
"...The Travis County Juvenile Probation Department has a big..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...News reported. Arredondo was booked into the Uvalde County Jail last week on 10 felony counts of abandoning or..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature

$250M Proposal To Expand Juvenile Detention Facilities Under Consideration
Commissioners court will decide whether we need more buildings
"...system pushed for the creation of a new women’s jail while others outside of it fiercely resisted...."

June 25, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Thelma
A nonagenarian seeks revenge after being scammed
"...some cash, and an innocent person gets out of jail. In this case, it’s her grandson, who ran over..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Advocacy Groups Demand Tangible Plan for Legal Defense at Bail Hearings
Short test run of the program didn’t cut it, they say
"...using CAFA, which served less than 1% of the jail population. Advocates say the limited-time test run failed to..."

June 18, 2024 News Post by Camila Villarreal

Mental Health Diversion Pilot to Begin by August
24 / 7 care instead of jail time
"...pilot – aimed at providing psychiatric care instead of jail time for people without access to services – will..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Suicides in Texas Prisons Have Dramatically Increased
Brooklyn Hogrell’s mother says our prison agency failed her
"...autopsies are finalized. Michele Deitch of UT’s Prison and Jail Innovation Lab listed the commonly understood reasons for the..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?
Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on
"...Michele Deitch, director of UT’s Prison and Jail Innovation Lab, is familiar with the conditions at the..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Austin State Hospital Reopens This Summer
Texas overhauls psychiatric system aiming to free up jails
"...Jail officials across the state kick-started the redesign, urging the..."

May 31, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Common Law
Where’s the line between peaceful protests and criminal conduct?
"...at the University of Texas get hauled off to jail and I’m totally confused. Don’t they have an absolute..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Luke Ellis

UT Professor Rich Heyman Fired After Arrest at Pro-Palestine Protest
University groups see his firing as intimidation tactic
"...arrested outside of his home. While sitting in county jail, UT officials sent him an email notifying him they..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Four in 10 UT Protesters Arrested Weren’t UT Affiliated. Were They “Outside Agitators”?
What UT calls outside disruption, students call a movement
"...head-on in his oft-quoted 1963 “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” He wrote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice..."

May 10, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

As Sunday Protest Looms, 80 Arrested Protesters Still Face Charges
More thorough arrest affidavits mean no immediate dismissal
"...in Texas, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine. The 57 individuals arrested during..."

May 3, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

How Attorneys, Advocates, and Judges Worked to Review UT Protest Arrests
Inside the effort that led to dismissal of all 57 arrests
"...the 57 protesters arrested for criminal trespass released from jail but morphed into a multi-pronged community effort that resulted..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Travis County Tests Program to Provide Legal Defense at Bail Hearings
Stakeholders agree growing Counsel at First Appearance critical
"...prison stripes given to inmates of the Travis County jail...."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

UT’s War on Students
A peaceful protest spiraled when law enforcement showed up. Now the university has doubled down.
"...Greg Abbott wrote on X, “These protesters belong in jail” and “should be expelled.” University of Texas and Austin..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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