Advocates, family members denounce jail deaths at Texas Capitol hearing | KXAN Austin kxan.com/investigations…

by Aaron J. Montes at KTEP: Texas Commission on Jail Standards finds El Paso County jails in non-compliance after deaths in county jail custody ktep.org/ktep-news/2024…

Woman claims in new federal lawsuit she was assaulted while pregnant (and later lost the baby) at the Harris County Jail; spokesperson said an internal probe “found insufficient evidence to verify the allegations.”

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We’re thrilled to be working on this effort and so grateful for the support.

via the Austin Chronicle: Suicides in Texas prisons are on the rise austinchronicle.com/news/2024-06-1…

Heat in prisons is the #1 issue. Check out our latest State of the Data. mailchi.mp/32e985916e58/s…

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it's been a busy month, but this was a highlight — ICYMI, executive director Eva Ruth Moravec moderated a great panel on corrections

Important story from Sophie Novack on a sheriff who won reelection even after being caught skirting a requirement of the Sandra Bland Act

Mentally/emotionally wiped out but so humbled and grateful to have been a part of The LBJ School’s Death in Custody conference. Thank you Michele Deitch et al, students, co-presenters and Texas Justice Initiative board member Darrell Malone

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