Larks on a String

"...Pavel -- falls in love with Jitka, a female prisoner, the stage is set for a wry tale of..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Keep Teens Out of Jail, Travis County Pilots First of its Kind Program for Those Accused of Assaulting Caregivers

Kids in the program get resources to stabilize

"...her. Mom calls 911. Should that teen go to prison?..."

Nov. 8, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Death Row Inmates Say Expired Drug Makes Execution Painful, Cruel

Robert Fratta set to die Tuesday night

"...Texas prison officials have already scheduled nine executions for 2023, more..."

Jan. 9, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

AAAFF 2022 Review: Free Chol Soo Lee

A miscarriage of justice exposes the othering of Asian Americans

"...justify to frame a person to put him in prison for a murder he did not commit." These words..."

June 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: With This Breath I Fly

The plight of Afghan women abused by the [in]justice system

"...From the inside of a prison in Afghanistan, Farida describes the violence she faced from..."

Oct. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Adrienne Hunter

Now Streaming in Austin: "dawn."

Ya'Ke Smith focuses on how hard it is to leave prison

"...while self-quarantining. There's a lot of discussion about the school-to-prison pipeline, but it's often forgotten that, once people are..."

June 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...Notes From the Field – an investigation into the school-to-prison pipeline by Anna Deavere Smith – Zach Theatre was..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

God’s Blessings Owner Indicted

Renee Segura-Livingston faces 30 years in prison for crimes committed while operating unlicensed group home

"...by deception. She faces up to 30 years in prison...."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

SXSW Panel Encore: U-God’s Journey Into the Wu-Tang

What becomes of Wu-Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin?

"...SXSW interview on Thursday at the Austin Convention Center: prison etiquette, Ol' Dirty Bastard’s tour conduct, and the psychological..."

March 16, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dark Days: A Memoir

Lamb of God frontman details his 31 days in a Czech prison

"...days among the walking damned of the notorious Pankrac prison to a judge's release and final gavel, unwraps hard-won..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Aquarium Manager Sent to Federal Shark Tank

Covino gets a year behind bars

"...aquarium, to a year and a day in federal prison for illegally procuring wildlife to exhibit in the first..."

Dec. 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The AggreGAYtor: August 27

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...a commotion, Chelsea Manning starts a new life in prison, and Alabama conservatives fight fascism, as your AggreGAYtor keeps..."

Aug. 27, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Court Considering Whether Pitonyak Deserves New Trial

Gruesome slaying in West Campus revisited by federal jurists

"...to jurors who sentenced Pitonyak to 55 years in prison?..."

Aug. 27, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Supremes Reject Jimenez Appeal

Case moves back to federal district court

"...an appeal brought on behalf of Rosa Jimenez, in prison for the choking death of a toddler left in..."

Jan. 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Arena Gets Time Served

After Supreme Court ruling, won't have to register as sex offender

"...Just over a month after he was released from prison – after spending nearly 13 years behind bars for..."

Aug. 6, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Arena Finally Going Home

Homeward bound after more than a decade in prison

"...After spending almost 13 years in prison for a sexual assault that the victim says never..."

June 1, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

More WilCo Maneuvering in Morton Case

Bradley trying to pull plug on investigation?

"...With Michael Morton finally out of prison, is Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley trying to..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Grave Injustice

'48 Hours Mystery' features Graves case

"...roughly six months since Anthony Graves was released from prison after spending nearly 18 years behind bars (most of..."

April 22, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Cole Family Still in Search of a Pardon

Tim Cole would've been 49 today. Instead he died in prison -- and his family is still searching for peace.

"...Timothy Cole, who was wrongfully convicted and died in prison before he could be exonerated, traveled to the Capitol..."

July 1, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Federal Judge Poised to Release Anthony Graves on Bond

Rebuke to state court keeping Graves imprisoned

"...in the capital murder case that sent Graves to prison in 1994...."

Jan. 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Breaking Out

"I wanted to write a prison movie, and it felt like the Retail Rodeo was the perfect place to set it," says screenwriter and actor Mike White of his new film, The Good Girl.

"...and Pasadena, explains that he "wanted to write a prison movie, and it felt like the Retail Rodeo was..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...19 when he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking drugs. In the six years he spent..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Shades of Gray

In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are

"...Daniel Nagle didn't die alone, because in a state prison nobody is ever alone. But the only witnesses to..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Life and Nothing But

"...of The Farm, says their film is not a "prison" documentary, but rather a story tied to its unique..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Cruel and Unusual

Prisoners Fear Violence in Texas Prisons

"...feared for his life. The convicted burglar was a prisoner at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony. Not a..."

Feb. 27, 1998 News Feature by Janet Heimlich

Point Austin: Recalling Eroy Brown

Groundbreaking Texas inmate murder case reflects long fight for justice

"...history. Subtitled The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System, the book recounts the story of Brown, an..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Belly of the Beast

Shocking and timely documentary exposes forced hysterectomies in California prisons

"...who was sterilized against her will in a California prison – and segues into issues of domestic violence, prison..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Babies Behind Bars

In the mirror world of TDCJ, life goes on

"...Last year in Texas prisons there were 399 attempted suicides – 16 successful –..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Beaten by Wackenhut

A former Travis County inmate alleges that Wackenhut Corporation bears responsibility for his prison beating.

"...the county it was being managed by the private prison giant, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation...."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

Despite John Cornyn's jokes and the end of the Ruiz suit, Texas prisons still need reform.

"...Democrats. "If you've actually used the phrase before, 'protecting prisoners' rights,'" Cornyn said, "you might be a Democrat." Cornyn..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Michael King

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