New Hepatitis C Treatment to Dramatically Increase Texas Prison Health Costs by Matthew Clarke Hepatitis C is a slow-progressing potentially-fatal viral disease that ultimately destroys the liver. Unlike HIV, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is resilient, capable of surviving for weeks outside the human body. It is spread by blood-to-blood …
Texas Rejects GEO Bid to Privatize State Mental Hospital by On October 3, 2012, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced that it had rejected a bid by the GEO Group, a private prison company, to operate the Kerrville State Hospital. GEO Care, a GEO Group subsidiary, was …
DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …
Jail Crowding at Texas County That Recently Sold Expansion Jail by Matthew Clarke In 2008, Montgomery County, Texas built the 1,293-bed Joe Corley Detention Center (JCDC) for $45 million. The voters who approved the bond issue believed the JCDC would be used to expand the capacity of the 1,251-bed Montgomery …
Crime Statistics for Texas Prison System Unchanged by Matthew Clarke The crime rate in Texas prisons has remained about the same despite a decrease in prisoner population of about 9,000 over the past ten years. Since 2009, 3,001 Texas prisoners and 584 Texas prison guards have been charged with crimes …
Texas County Closes Most of Jail Due to Staff Shortage by Matthew Clarke People are escaping from the Austin County Jail in Texas. Not the prisoners, but the jailers. Low salaries and a lack of overtime compensation have driven jail staff away and led Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes to …
A Thin Line - The Texas Prison Healthcare Crisis and the Secret Death Penalty, Texas Civil Rights Project, 2011 A TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2011 “A THIN LINE” The Texas Prison Healthcare Crisis and The Secret Death Penalty “Right now the [health care] system is constitutional… but …
Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons, HRC, 2014 This report does not represent the official positon of the School of Law or of The University of Texas, and the views presented here reflect only the opinions of the individual authors and of the Human Rights Clinic. 1 Contents Acronyms & Abbreviations …
Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas, Bright, 2000 Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas: Why Full Habeas Corpus Review by Independent Federal Judges Is Indispensable to Protecting Constitutional Rights Stephen B. Bright* Texas Law Review, Volume 78, page 1806 (2000) Copyright c 2000 Texas Law Review …
Texas Judge Indicted for Making Secret Deal with Red-light Camera Company by Smith County, Texas Judge Joel Patrick Baker was suspended without pay on June 21, 2016 after being arrested the previous week on three misdemeanor counts of violating the Texas Open Meetings Act. Baker, who has denied any wrongdoing, …
Independent Review of the Officer Involved Shooting of May 11, 2009, Keypoint, 2009 REPORT ON THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OF MAY 11, 2009 Prepared for Office of the Police Monitor for the City of Austin PREPARED BY: KeyPoint Government Solutions The Chrysler Building | 405 Lexington …
Callaway v. Travis County, TX, Order Denying Motion for Summary Judgment, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00103-SS Document 116 Filed 07/28/16 Page 1 of 30 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION CAROLINE CALLAWAY, Plaintiff, 2015 411 9 CAUSE NO.: A-15-CA-00103-SS -vs- TRAVIS COUNTY, …
Warehoused and Forgotten - Immigrants Trapped in Our Private Prison System, ACLU , 2014 WAREHOUSED AND FORGOTTEN Immigrants Trapped in Our Shadow Private Prison System June 2014 Warehoused and Forgotten: Immigrants Trapped in Our Shadow Private Prison System June 2014 American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street New York, NY …
Dallas Conviction Integrity Unit Gains National Notoriety by Matthew Clarke The word “first” was applied to Craig M. Watkins multiple times after his election to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in 2006. He was the county’s first black D.A., the first D.A. who had been a public defender before …
TX DOC ICS Rates effective July 2016 Home Registration Attorney Info Rates Telephone Account Refund FAQs Contact Us About Us En Espanol Calling Programs, Rates, & Fees Calling Programs Several different calling programs are available: Direct-Collect Billed – You accept the call charges when the offender calls you. You will …
Texas Custodial Death Report-Police-jail and prison deaths, Texas Justice Initiative, 2016 TEXAS CUSTODIAL DEATH REPORT Police, jail, and prison deaths 2005-2015 July 2016 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was written and researched by Amanda Woog, JD, postdoctoral legal fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis (IUPRA) at the University …
FCC Fee Reduction Adjustments - Grayson County, Securus, 2016 FCC Fee Reduction Adjustments Grayson County Agenda 1. Review of FCC Order which was partially stayed 2. Explanation of revenue and commission structure and rebalance proposal 3. Review of Grayson Counties current Transactions, Commissions and Proposed Options 4. Next Steps; Commissioners …
Cole et al v. Livingston et al, TX, Order granting PI - Cole, heat exposure, 8th Am, 2016 Case 4:14-cv-01698 Document 477 Filed in TXSD on 06/21/16 Page 1 of 15 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION …
Cole et al v. Livingston et al, TX, Memo and Order granting class certification, heat exposure, 8th Am, 2016.pdf Case 4:14-cv-01698 Document 473 Filed in TXSD on 06/14/16 Page 1 of 22 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON …
No Place for Old Men by Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. by Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer Benito Alonzo is a short, 140-pound 80-year-old. His quiet-spoken manner, drooping jowls and gray hair, trimmed in a buzz, give him the appearance …
