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With Mental Health Diversion Center Forthcoming, Sheriff Still Wants More Humane Jail Facilities
Can healing happen in jail?
Sally Hernandez
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Candidate Filing in the March 2024 Primary Election Closes
Here’s a look at some of the interesting 2024 races
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Travis County Diversion Center Design to Begin in 2024
Getting people in crisis out of jail is “a long time coming”
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You Have a Right to Counsel. So Why Doesn’t Travis County Allow Attorneys at Bail Hearings?
Get out of jail free $10K
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Travis County Moves to Stop Jailing Austinites With Mental Illness
Leaders commit to 100-day deadline to overhaul mental health services
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Free Legal Counsel at Magistration Fizzles Out
County pulls the plug on pilot program thwarted by staffing crises
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Sheriff Hits Pause on Magistration Pilot After Nine Days, Saying She Needs Help
$500K program would provide counsel to indigent arrestees
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Council Set to Approve Settlement for Sexual Assault Class Action Lawsuit
2018 lawsuit argued systemic flaws in justice system failed survivors
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Election Ticker: Wading Into the Final Week of Early Voting
Serenity now! Ahead of Election Day
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For Texas Prisoners, COVID-19 Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence
Criminal justice advocates warn of outbreaks behind bars
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For Now, County Jail Succeeds in Keeping Out COVID-19
Law enforcement, advocates agree on need to reduce jail population
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Criminal Justice Advocates and Officials at Odds Over Pandemic Precautions
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