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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate last month's riot at a private immigrant prison in…
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For the first time in more than 40 years, both the overall crime rate and the overall incarceration rate have fallen by around 10 percent in a roughly five-year span, the attorney general says.
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Three groups filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and its executive director, Brad Livingston, alleging…
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Last year, lawmakers approved and Gov.Rick Perry signed a bill that requires adetailed review of the use of solitary confinement in Texas prisons.Four…
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A new poll released this week shows Texans strongly support reforming how the state punishes non-violent drug offenses. The Texas Public Policy...
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The Texas Civil Rights Project and Prison Legal News have filed a lawsuit against Corrections Corporation of America, claiming the company is withholding…
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More than 5 percent of the prison population in Texas is in solitary confinement, more than double the 2 percent national average. But one state senator…
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A new report argues that state jails aren't meeting their goal of helping to reduce crime by intensively treating short-term, nonviolent inmates, and it…
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Fewer Texas ex-convicts are returning to prison, according to a report released today by the National Reentry Resource Center.The report tracked…
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A local coalition that helps people transition from life in prison to the outside is now looking for ex-offenders to serve on an advisory committee.The…