Corrections Officers Demand Raise

The Travis County Sheriff's Officers Association is fighting for a fair pay raise for all sheriff's office employees -- particularly corrections officers.

"...not averted, will impact the safe operations of the jails," Martinez said. "It is unjust to allow politicians to..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Alleviating the Jail Squeeze

County Attorney Ken Oden has proposed a possible solution to the chronic overcrowding that has long plagued Travis Co. jails.

"...the chronic overcrowding that has long plagued Travis Co. jails. By taking people accused of Class C misdemeanors (for..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Jail Just Got Better

"...County's jail system. For three years running, the county jails have failed their state-mandated inspections, most glaringly for understaffing..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Day Trips

"...public buildings constructed in the frontier communities. A dozen jails around the state have been converted to museums commemorating..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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

Opinion: Cap Metro Must Safeguard No-Cost Transit for Unhoused Austinites

Adding security guards to transit centers and bus routes will increase stigmatization of the poor

"...struggling to face criminalization. When we consider how our jails and prisons are already filled with people experiencing homelessness,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Barry Jones

Texas ACLU Files Suit Over Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4

New Texas law usurps federal immigration authority, suit claims

"...will lock up 8,000 more people in its county jails each year. The suit says this would cost the..."

Dec. 20, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Security Guard Nearly Killed in Machete Attack Urges Stronger Social Safety Net

Police union blames prosecutors

"...Bergin, has been homeless and in and out of jails for about a decade. The Austin Police Association jumped..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

First Layoffs in Texas Tribune History Raise Questions About Future of Texas News

Still unclear why criminal justice coverage was first to go

"...incarcerated states in the nation. “Our prisons and our jails and our juvenile facilities are the most opaque institutions..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

You Have a Right to Counsel. So Why Doesn’t Travis County Allow Attorneys at Bail Hearings?

Get out of jail free $10K

"...Overfull jails and people losing custody of kids and missed treatments..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Travis County Moves to Stop Jailing Austinites With Mental Illness

Leaders commit to 100-day deadline to overhaul mental health services

"...Miami-Dade County was able to close one of its jails – saving taxpayers $12 million a year – and..."

June 7, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...in 2020 74% of people being held in U.S. jails weren't convicted a crime – nearly 500,000 people. They..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"..."Because I worked at the Chronicle, I wrote about jails, but to find somebody who's been in jail for..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, SD 14

“I get that property tax is painful, [but] we’re never going to have a surplus like this again”

"...you're looking at the current wait times in county jails just for competency restoration" – that is, bringing inmates..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Ticker: Of Recounts and Run-Offs

Endorsements, recounts, and money, money, money

"...Both have been fierce critics of outsourcing inmates to jails outside of Hays County due to overcrowding at the..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Opinion: We Should All Fight for Human Rights in Iran

Although the government has tried to silence the people of Iran by shutting down the internet and suppressing protesters, we can use our collective global voice to speak out

"...custody and transported to a local jail. In these jails, people are sometimes extorted, beaten, raped, or even, as..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by Mahsa Monshizadegan

Austin at Large – Texas: Still Broken, Still Sad

Abbott stays one step ahead of the mob amid Lone Star and Uvalde fallout

"...for criminal trespass has completely overwhelmed small-town courts and jails with thousands of (misdemeanor) cases for defendants who often..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Abhi the Nomad, Marina, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Nick Cave + Warren Ellis, Sam Pankey, the Austin Music Awards, and more

"...activist group who's been in and out of Russian jails and, just last week, minted a pro-Ukrainian NFT. Championing..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Travis County Races See Wins for Incumbents, a Possible Recount

Nail-Biters, needles moved, and a successor for Dana DeBeauvoir

"...to build hundreds of millions of dollars in new jails." Shea told the Chronicle her win is "an endorsement..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

County Commissioners Tout Successes, Face Challengers

The 2022 primaries are months away, but these Travis County commissioners are already drawing competition in their reelection bids

"...things, instead of simply a master plan for building jails," says Libal, referring to the $616 million master plan..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Women's Jail Vote Postponed Amid Community Pushback

Justice advocates, formerly incarcerated women outraged by proposed expansion

"...long-term destabilizing effects of even short stints behind bars. "[Jails] do have this lasting effect on you," said Camille..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Updates COVID Protocols Amid Abbott's Tightening Grip on Local Authorities' Powers

Local and state officials wrestle over mask mandates, again

"...Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities, and county and municipal jails. [inset-1-right]..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows Indeed

Do AJC, SAN, really see eye-to-eye on homeless policy?

"...my suspicions about what SAN really means by this. Jails have some capacity, after all. But again, you can't..."

May 14, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Opinion: White Privilege in Austin’s Unhoused Community

Alberta Phillips, chair of the ECHO Board of Governors, explains the kind of racism that can lock Black people into a lifetime of living unsheltered

"...mistake: Those laws disproportionately impacted Black homeless people. Our jails are living proof. African Americans made up 32% of..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Alberta Phillips

Winter Is Still Coming: An Update on Water, Power and Other Relief for Austinites

As the city thaws, utilities slowly repair damage, restore service

"...briefed the court on the water situation at county jails; despite some burst pipes, local inmates have been spared..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...taking and winning cases involving wrongful imprisonment, deaths in jails and nursing homes, sexual abuse of minors in state..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Incoming D.A. José Garza Locks in Leadership Team

New hires emphasize accountability, empathy

"...to keep people entering the justice system out of jails and prisons by diverting them to more rehabilitative programs,..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

D.A.-Elect José Garza Taps Reform Advocates for His Team

It's a new day in court for Austin's top law enforcement office

"...lead to lost jobs, strained family bonds, and overcrowded jails. Beyond that, experts believe those released from jail before..."

Nov. 18, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin Freshmen Survive in Unflipped House as the County Sees a Dem Landslide

The blueberry abides (barely)

"...priorities are COVID-19 relief and diversion from Travis County jails, the biggest line item in the county budget. "We..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Opinion – We Need Leaders: City Budget Misses the Mark

Politicians are offering empty and symbolic gestures but no real and substantial change

"...argues that, as a society, we divest from policing, jails, and prisons and invest in the social services that..."

July 24, 2020 Column by Joshua Crutchfield

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