Death Highlights Need for Change in Texas GEO-Run Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Eagle Pass Correctional Facility (EPCF) have been investigated by the Maverick County, Texas Sheriff’s Office, the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC), Corizon Correctional Healthcare, and the GEO Group after 56-year-old Kim Sargent Taylor died in …
$2.5 Million Settlement Over Prisoner’s Restraint Death in Houston, Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a man who died at a jail in Harris County, Texas while being subjected to a dangerous form of restraint settled for $2.5 million in a lawsuit they brought against …
Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire by Seth Freed Wessler They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty. by Seth Freed Wessler, Mother Jones A large rectangle of red dirt on the flat expanse of West …
Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Hepatitis C Treatment for Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas prisoner has filed a federalclass-action lawsuit seeking the current standard of care for treatment of hepatitis C. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner Matthew Roppolo, 53, has the hepatitis C virus, …
Terminal Texas Prisoner’s Morphine Withdrawn After He Filed Sexual Harassment Complaint by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas prisoner with a rare and virtually untreatable form of leukemia filed a sexual harassment complaint against a medical provider. Then the morphine he was being given for the pain caused by …
To Decrease Prison Population, Texas Must Increase Parole Rate by Gritsforbreakfast, a Texas criminal justice blog known for its fearless reporting, recently analyzed Texas parole and prison population statistics between 2006 and 2018. It noted that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) has adjusted parole rates to keep …
Texas Attorney General Secretly Sabotages Compensation Payments to Man Exonerated of Killing Police Officer by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Alfred Dewayne Brown spent over a dozen years in prison, including nine on death row, before suppressed exculpatory evidence emerged that supported his alibi and proved he did not murder …
Carillo v. Buendia, TX, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00028 Document 1 Filed on 01/28/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION ARMANDO CARRILLO, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of DANIEL EMILIO CARRILLO, deceased, …
Texas Convict-Leasing Burial Ground Uncovered by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The first prison ever closed in Texas was the Central Unit in Sugar Land, which had originally been a leased convict labor camp known as the Imperial Sugar Company State Prison Farm. When the facility was established in 1867, …
Texas Jail Administrator Fired for Tampering with Government Documents by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Hill County Sheriff’s Office in Texas fired the head of the county jail on June 19, 2019. Jail Captain Sherry “Diann” Hammer, 68, had been on administrative leave since March while Texas Ranger Jake …
Cole et al. v. Collier, et al., TX, memorandum and order, failure to report high prison temperatures per settlement, 2019 Case 4:14-cv-01698 Document 1504 Filed on 12/11/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 8 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS …
Texas Counties Waste Millions by Jailing Defendants Charged with Citation-Eligible Misdemeanors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2019, social justice advocacy nonprofit Texas Appleseed released an analysis of jail bookings in a dozen of the most populous counties throughout Texas. The study examined the most serious charge that …
Local Taxpayers Face Higher Taxes, Crime Rates Due to Death Penalty Trials by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Taxpayers in Texas counties where death penalty cases are held get hit with a double whammy: Not only do they face higher property taxes to pay for the trials, they also have …
Prescott v. Bexar County, TX, Complaint, shooting death, 2019 Case 5:19-cv-01392-JKP Document 1 Filed 12/02/19 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO DIVISION CHRISTOPHER PRESCOTT & RUBI PRESCOTT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF KAMERON PRESCOTT, …
Woods v. Cenikor Foundation, TX , Class Action Complaint, Withholding Wages, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-04569 Document 1 Filed on 11/21/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION ANTHONY WOODS, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated vs. PLAINTIFFS …
Guard and 17 Incarcerees Indicted for Violent Robberies at Texas Youth Lockup by On October 9, 2019, one guard and 17 juveniles were indicted in connection with multiple violent robberies of juveniles incarcerated at the McLennan County State Juvenile Facility in Mart, Texas, just east of Waco. The grand jury …
Fifth Circuit Terminates Consent Decree for Muslim Services in Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 2, 2019, a strongly divided three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion terminating the consent decree in Brown v. Collier, which allowed Muslim prisoners in the …
Texas Court Rules Force Feeding Detainee Is Necessary by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Ajay Kumar, a citizen of India, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) officials in New Mexico and later transfered to Texas. He began a hunger strike because, in his words, he wanted his freedom. ICE …
Investigations into Texas Jail Deaths Find Thousands of Guards Untrained, on Temporary Licenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the Christmas Eve 2016 death of prisoner Andy Debusk at the Parker County jail revealed that not only did the guards at the …
Texas Civil Rights Project: Torture by Another Name - Solitary Confinement in Texas, 2019 Torture By Another Name Solitary Confinement in Texas OCTOBER 2019 Author: MEAGAN HARDING Senior Staff Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project Contributor: PETER STEFFENSEN Staff Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project Acknowledgements We would like to thank all …
