Prison Policy Initiative Features TJP
August 10, 2024
We are so excited that our work on forcing sheriffs to report previously unreported custody deaths in their jails was the feature of nationally renowned Prison Policy Initiative’s Advocacy Spotlight this month.…
Topics: Custody Death, Medical, Pregnancy, TCJS
We are so excited that our work on forcing sheriffs to report previously unreported custody deaths in their jails was the feature of nationally renowned Prison Policy Initiative’s Advocacy Spotlight this month.
Under the guidance of Executive Director Krish Gundu, their goal is not only to, as one of their clients phrased it, “end the investment in death-making facilities such as jails” but to “redirect that investment into life-affirming” community-based resources.
The spotlight came as a result of our success in discovering 18 unreported custody deaths in the past sixteen months and forcing 14 of them to be reported to the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, as mandated by law.
We are grateful for PPI’s support in amplifying our advocacy efforts to force Texas to count custody deaths of community members who die after being shipped out from our county jails to facilities in neighboring states.