Texas Jail Project Through News Stories in 2023

December 31, 2023

Here’s a comprehensive round-up of 2023 news featuring stories, interviews, op-eds, and essays from Texas Jail Project community members and staff.

Topics:   Cash Bail, Covid-19, Jail Conditions, Mental Health, Pretrial Policy

Here’s a comprehensive round-up of 2023 news featuring stories, interviews, op-eds, and essays from Texas Jail Project community members and staff.

  • CBS News : Most states ban shackling pregnant women in custody — yet many report being restrained
  • Houston Public Media : Officials set to answer for issues within the Harris County Jail during meeting with state officials
  • KERA : Tarrant County inmate’s ‘unnecessary death’ spotlights mental health crisis in jails nationwide
  • Chron.com : Harris County Jail victims’ families demand action at Commissioners Court
  • Letter From Families Impacted by the Crisis at the Harris County Jail
  • Chron.com : Harris Co. jail violence is surging—how the system is failing detainees
  • KPRC 2 : Harris Co. inmate dies moments after being transported to hospital; Incident won’t be labeled as ‘in custody’ death
  • Houston Landing : Nearly 200 people with mental illnesses died in Texas jails. The death toll is getting worse.
  • Time Mag: How Community Health Workers Can End Mass Incarceration and Rebuild Public Safety
  • Houston Chronicle: Harris County inmate dies of ‘medical emergency,’ sheriff says, marking sixth jail death this year
  • Two Decades of Prison Did Not Prepare Me for the Horrors of County Jail
  • Teen Vogue: Giving Birth in Jail Often Comes With Medical Neglect, Texas Jail Project Finds
  • Texas Monthly : “It Smells of Despair”: What’s Going On Inside the Harris County Jail?
  • Houston Chronicle: Harris County Jail fails another inspection as investigations continue + Full TCJS Report
  • Brazoria County seeks jail reform amid rising inmate population
  • Workforce shortages in the state psychiatric hospital system prolong jail time for mentally ill Texans
  • FWST: In Texas jails, deaths from failure to give proper medication are shrouded in secrecy
  • Texas Public Radio: Harris County Jail continues to violate safety standards, state report says
  • Texas Public Radio: Jail populations rise across Texas, intensifying prisoners’ trauma
  • Houston Chronicle: Her son begged for help before dying in the Harris County Jail. Why did no one answer?
  • KLTV: Texas Jail Project member speaks on recent Smith County inmate death
  • Houston Chronicle: Harris County Jail sued by family of Adael Garcia after he was allegedly beaten into a coma
  • Texans with mental illnesses are dying in Houston-area jails
  • Houston Chronicle: Families of Harris County Jail victims push Texas agency for answers
  • Houston Landing: Lina Hidalgo pledges funds for jail program, citing investigation by Houston Landing
  • Houston Chronicle: Hidalgo announces expansion of Harris County Jail mental competency services
  • Harris County Jail Crisis in Houston, Texas Kills Dozens
  • The Appeal: Pregnant People Are Shackled And Abused In Harris County Jail
  • Houston Landing: ‘We need help!’: Mothers beg Texas jail commission to address deaths in Harris County Jail
  • KVUE: Loved ones, inmate advocacy groups ask for better conditions, more transparency in Texas county jails
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