City Council Should Not Be Allowed To Meet in Secret

"...for example, torturing and sexually molesting children in secret prisons in order to "persuade" their parents to provide information..."

Feb. 7, 2011 Postmarks

Behind Bars, But Bucking the System

Women inmates find redemption in the doc Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

"...Access to the prisons wasn't too much of an issue (it helped, he..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opposition to Immigrant Detention Centers Mounts

Georgia detention center, Texas' usual suspects in spotlight

"...Ga. In general, protesters decried the trend of private prisons making a buck on human misery. Specif­ic­ally, they criticized..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

"...more than 250,000 drug offenders locked up in state prisons. (Indeed, in October, FBI statistics revealed that nearly 800,000..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature

The Least That Money Can Buy

Prison health care is caught between growing demand and shrinking resources

"...Texas Tech, the major health provider for prisons in the western part of the state, is already..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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Our readers talk back.

"...Texas Prisons as Bad as Iraq..."

June 4, 2004 Column

Naked City

Prison reformers protest plans for a for-profit detention center near Laredo.

"...have formed a new group, South Texans Opposing Private Prisons, in an effort to block a U.S. Marshals Service-backed..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The National Council of La Raza issues a disheartening report on Texans of color and the state's justice system.

"...African-American. Yet, 70% of prisoners in Texas jails and prisons are Latino or African-American. These and other disheartening statistics..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

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Our readers talk back.

"...to point out what goes on in Texas state prisons and jails on a daily basis ["Beaten by Wackenhut,"..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Lines in the Sand

Austin Legislators Prepare to Redraw Their Own Districts -- While Doing Business as Usual

"...beds and an additional $172 million to run the prisons. They have since backed off, but what our office..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Other Side of Prison

Inmate Population Swells

"...the end of 1998, 144,439 inmates filled Texas state prisons, more than double the 1993 figure of 71,103. But..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Butts

We Have an Issue: Never Boring

In this week's issue, Lina Fisher examines the uncertain environmental impacts of Tesla and the Boring Co. on the Colorado River

"...three-part series about the intensifying heat crisis in Texas prisons, where approximately 95,000 inmates live in cells with no..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...bail of $5,000. He would spend months bouncing between prisons: Val Verde, then Briscoe, then Segovia. He said conditions..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...which, it's important to note, are different from state prisons: Prisons house inmates who are serving sentences for more..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Mauritanian

Gitmo torture drama can't decide on head or heart

"...important is that Slahi spent 14 years in Jordanian prisons and then Guantanamo Bay under suspicion that he was..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Social Justice Advocates Call for Big Moves to Ease the Blow of Coronavirus

The most at risk

"...crisis is especially daunting for those in overcrowded jails, prisons, and immigrant detention centers, the groups stress. "We know..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

José Garza Calls for Jail Changes To Reduce COVID-19 Danger

D.A. candidate calls for fewer arrests, more releases

"...high rates of infection…. Time and again, jails and prisons have been hotbeds for the spread of disease.”..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

"...historically been good at two things: building highways and prisons. Any conversations on those subjects?..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...it was gonna be a better thing for Texas prisons and prisoners to see: 1) somebody come out of..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Oops!

"...passed a resolution that called for the "abolition of prisons and the police," when in fact the resolution called..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Column

5th Circuit Affirms Ruling in Texas Prison Overheating Case

A lawsuit filed by six prisoners at the Wallace Pack Unit can now include the unit's full population

"...in TDCJ's recent dispersal of those inmates to other prisons across the state. (Tempera­tures at Pack, as elsewhere in..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...announcement that they're going to end contracts with private prisons...."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Database Tracks Deaths in Police Custody

Project pulls data from the last decade

"...law enforcement or in custody of local jails or prisons. The database, available at www.texasjusticeinitiative.org, provides general demographic data..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Another distorted salvo from Dinesh D’Souza

"...convicted of similar crimes were sent to country club prisons. Instead D’Souza has been assigned to a prison populated..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Louis Black

Point Austin: Homestead Exemption Still Burning

How many votes can $2 a month buy?

"...the rate at which the state invests in its prisons is hugely outpacing any increases in public schools. It's..."

July 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Fighting Family Detention

On June 1, a judge will consider whether to allow detention centers to be licensed as child-care facilities

"...authority to regulate child-care facilities and not detention centers, prisons, camps, or mental health facilities. DFPS has consistently asserted..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Notes on Kamp: Easing the Stigma

Fair Chance ordinance is a good start in helping people with criminal records rejoin society

"...have skills that qualify them for jobs. Jails and prisons have moved away from providing programming for inmates that..."

March 25, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

FCC Lowers Cost of Inmate Calls

Video-conferencing company Securus Technologies opposes FCC fee change

"...the cost of calls made to those incarcerated in prisons and jails around the country from roughly $20 for..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Rosewater

Jon Stewart makes his directing debut with this story about a journalist's imprisonment in Tehran.

"...and sister who were both detained in the shah’s prisons...."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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.

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

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

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