Red or blue, cash bail harms all sides. 'Recent Tarrant county jail deaths unite groups from both sides of political aisle' 1/3 star-telegram.com/news/politics-…

135 reported jail custody deaths in CY 2024!

Here's the direct link to the warming centers. cohpublicsafety.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/b…

My absolute favorite time of the year! Full day of solos and ensembles. ❤️🎶🎼

Honored to be invited to this panel Rice Cinema this evening! Going to do my best to channel Diane Wilson and her legendary hunger strikes!

In awe of my dear friend Liz's daughter Felicita who was invited testimony against HB 3 and yet had to wait 13 hrs to testify. One would think that a bill with potential for such a huge impact on our children's lives, would at the very least, center their needs at the hearing.

In 6 weeks, 4 sheriff deputies in Houston have committed suicide. We've helped get thousands of human beings out of the jail in downtown Houston--which has fake windows and is a torture chamber. But systems of violence and trauma leave no one untouched. abc13.com/post/4-former-…

So proud of our Albert Schweitzer ASF public health fellow for her incredible work documenting the essential narratives of our vulnerable community members who are criminalized for their serious mental illness and developmental disabilities. Congratulations Caroline!

Always grateful for the POO's raised by Gene Wu 🙏🏿 May yet another three letter SB die a quiet death. #txlege

Thank you Gene Wu 🙏🏿 RIP SB 781.

Hard to agree with Adrian Garcia who wants a pay raise for Sheriff Gonzalez because "he has a hard and complex job." His jail has been non-compliant for three years; Record jail custody deaths under his leadership; And now OAG is threatening civil action against the jail.

Another story out today on this wild keep-nearly-all-law-enforcement-records-secret-forever bill SB 15 from Uvalde Leader-News. It was voted out of the House Homeland committee on Friday. It could be on the floor as early as tomorrow. #txlege

This! 🤦🏿

Essential read! 👇🏿 Smart policing, not boutique patrols: Why Abbott should veto HB 26. | Editorial houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editor… via @houstonchron

Jail Based Competency Restoration is NOT mental healthcare! It is bare-minimum stabilization so the state can punish people for their mental illness and disabilities. Pretending otherwise is not only cruel but also a serious threat to public safety. sanantonioreport.org/as-state-hospi…

📢 Billie Davis, Thomas E Marshall Jr., Jaleen Anderson, and Erik Carlson have finally been added to the Death in Custody database maintained by Tx Comm Jail Stand These 4 men died in Louisiana after being shipped out pretrial from TX. Their deaths were never counted! Until now.