Tag Archives: jail
New Technologies Connect Prisoners to the Outside World
'Returning citizens' develop apps and initiatives to reduce recidivism.
'Returning citizens' have developed apps for inmates and families, but other new tech may be more about corporate bottom lines than reducing recidivism....Read More
Guarding Against Self-Harm
Have you ever attempted suicide? Are you thinking of killing or injuring yourself today? Are you feeling hopeless or have nothing to look forward to? If you are...Read More
Bonding Behind Bars
The Travis County jail is one of four nationwide — and the only in Texas — to allow new moms to breastfeed in custody.
The Travis County jail is one of just four county jails in the nation — and the only one in Texas — that allows breastfeeding on-site....Read More
State Punishes Payday Lender for Criminalizing Debt
A year and a half after the Observer documented hundreds of examples of payday loan companies using the criminal justice system to pursue unpaid loans, state re...Read More
Tyrant’s Foe: Kelsey Erin Shipman’s Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration With Poetry
If somebody told you that the key to stopping thousands of Texas inmates from reentering prison was teaching them how to write poetry, you might laugh out loud....Read More
Barred Care
Want treatment for mental illness in Houston? Go to jail.
Want treatment for mental illness in Houston? Go to jail....Read More
In Harris County, New Efforts to Treat Mental Illness In and Out of Jail
One of the contributors to Texas’ slowly dropping incarceration rates is a growth in diversion programs that address problems like addiction and mental illnes...Read More
Fast Cash: How Taking Out a Payday Loan Could Land You in Jail
Payday loan companies have a new debt-collection tool: Texas courts and prosecutors.
Payday loan companies have a new debt-collection tool: Texas courts and prosecutors....Read More
Harris County Jail Among Worst for Inmate Sexual Assault
A massive new study by the U.S. Department of Justice ranked more than 350 jails by the rate of sexual abuse reported by their prisoners. Houston’s Harris Cou...Read More