These allegations are deeply concerning. Meaningful #prisonoversight requires that independent monitors be able to report their findings without fear of retaliation or political consequences.

Alabama had a 106-year old man in prison. I’m sure the public was much safer as a result.

To learn more about correctional oversight, consider Michele Deitch Prison and Jail Innovation Lab's wonderful resource prisonoversight.org

Shelby County TN to adopt ‘Mandela Rules,’ limiting solitary confinement at prisons actionnews5.com/2025/06/17/she…

Should Texas be a model or a cautionary tale as the UK looks to reform its sentencing practices & address prison crowding? I’m looking forward to talking w/ Richard Garside Centre for Crime and Justice Studies next Mon. abt these issues. Sign-up link below. Prison and Jail Innovation Lab The LBJ School UTexasLaw

Texas death row loosens solitary confinement for first time in years. Kudos to ⁦TDCJ⁩ for this new initiative. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

The Legislature created a new office for prison oversight. But it cannot start work (via azcentral) pulse.ly/1jdrgbgdg8

Super important new book by my UTexasLaw colleague Linda Mullenix about ways to hold the gun industry accountable for gun violence through mass tort litigation modeled on tobacco settlements. #gunviolence #guncontrol

Wow, JorgeAntonioRenaud! Congratulations, and can’t wait to read this. 👏👏👏

Outsourcing torture is still torture.

Filmmaking as truth-telling and oversight. 👇👇👇