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"...of violence and inhumane treatment at the Hays County Jail for years. Now, the Houston Chronicle has data to..."

"...Hiring ordinance, it was a much-needed corrective to the discrimination people with criminal records face. It was, however, also..."

"...On August 13 of this year, Shela Williams went into..."

"...With the Texas Youth Commission scandal and a damning U.S. Justice Department..."

"...Lauren Johnson knows what it's like to be booked into Travis..."

"...a decade of violating rules imposed by the regulatory Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Travis County's jail system is..."

"...Travis Co. Attorney Ken Oden has proposed a possible solution to the chronic overcrowding that has long plagued Travis..."

"...Bell chased his brother down the I-35 access road on the evening of Feb. 7. Bell had been driving..."

"...As election day draws nearer, Travis Co. sheriff candidates Duane McNeill..."

"...joined the family of Joshua Wright for a press conference in downtown San Marcos. Attorney Ben Crump stood waiting..."

"...justice advocates have warned for weeks that it was only a matter of time before the coronavirus pandemic became..."

"...It won't be part of the budget, but it will be..."

"...Adam Reposa has spent 35 days in a county jail. That's roughly one-sixth of a 180-day sentence for a..."

"...be a growing number of Republican leaders who can't pronounce the word, nuclear power is on the rise in..."

"...If any moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on..."

"...One evening last September, an employee at the local organization..."

"...For more than a year now, immigration rights and child welfare advocates, human rights activists, and..."

"...A strange sensation – hope – pervades the Texas Democratic Party this..."

"...Kennon Wooten and Maria Cantú Hexsel are running to succeed..."

"...Feb. 5, marked the third quarterly meeting of the Texas Commis­sion on Jail Standards attended by reproductive rights advocacy..."

"...In Texas, it can be hard to keep track of every..."

"...Judge Sarah Eckhardt meets today, Thursday, Sept. 24, with Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) Executive Director Brandon Wood..."

"...When Diana Claitor first began the Texas Jail Project in 2006, she had no idea she'd..."

"...In 2010, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Risk Management Division reminded employees..."

"...On March 22, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards released..."

"...On August 13 of this year, Shela Williams went into..."

"...Jail Fails -- Again..."

"...its previous building next to Austin Police Dept. headquarters on East Seventh to the new location at 10th and..."

"...On Friday, Travis Co. Sheriff Margo Frasier appeared before the..."

"...Israel filed two bills that would require more reporting on the conditions pregnant inmates face in Texas jails. The..."