Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: 'How to curb rogue prosecutors,' or, 'The gatherin...
Time to take a stand to make a change and right the wrongs that happen from the lawenforcers to The American Industrial Prison System...the time is RIGHT...RIGHT NOW...let your legislators hear your voice, demand change. Stop appointment of Judges, no lifetime appointment for Supreme Court or anywhere else.Judges go to Judge College, get a degree in being a Judge, apply for the Job and get hired on his/her merits of job performance. No longer should a District Attorney, Attorney General, be allowed to be appointed to a Judgeship.They run on their sucess record of cases processed, ask how many of those cases were plea deals and how many went to court, then you decide who upheld The Constitution/Bill of Rights. Just my thoughts and opinions, Flo,PAPA
Grits for Breakfast: 'How to curb rogue prosecutors,' or, 'The gatherin...: Grits linked the other day to a Dallas News editorial (behind paywall) published over the weekend (Nov. 12) titled "How to curb rogue pros...
Grits for Breakfast: 'How to curb rogue prosecutors,' or, 'The gatherin...: Grits linked the other day to a Dallas News editorial (behind paywall) published over the weekend (Nov. 12) titled "How to curb rogue pros...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Doctor at Austin State Hospital accused of child sex abuse
Parents need to demand a see through window but cannot hear what is being said, like they use in police stations when witness looking at a line up...this will stop this stuff
Doctor at Austin State Hospital accused of child sex abuse
Doctor at Austin State Hospital accused of child sex abuse
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Perry proposes government overhaul
If you agree that changes need to be made in the corrupt payola judges that have lifetime appointments please let Gov Perry know you agree, ending the cushiony seats of the congress people is needed by term limits will eliminate a lot of the corruption in congress, the only way the Criminal Justice system is going to change is to remove the corrupt or those that have the opportunity to become corrupt off the back of prisoners...ask Gov Perry how he plans on doing this to get it through congress and get the Constitutional Amendment to change the Judge LifeTime Appointment????
Perry proposes government overhaul
Perry proposes government overhaul
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Texas Prisons Cut Lunch to Save Money
Texas Prisons Cut Lunch to Save Money: Texas prisons are scaling back meals on weekends to cut costs – a move that could leave inmate blood sugar levels low and tempers high. Thirty-six prisons are cutting lunches on Saturdays and Sundays, forcing some 23,000 inmates to cram three-meals-worth of calories into an...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Rick Perry has little role in 'ultimate justice'
Grits for Breakfast: Rick Perry has little role in 'ultimate justice': John Burnett at NPR has a piece up on Governor Rick Perry and the death penalty titled " In Texas, Perry has little say in 'ultimate justice...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Dismissals, case outcomes often don't make it into...
Grits for Breakfast: Dismissals, case outcomes often don't make it into...: The State Auditor's Office has released a report on criminal justice information systems at the Texas Department of Public Safety and the De...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
TDCJ taking measures against heat
Love Ones Of Texas Prisoners, ask them if this is happening, if not report to Jason Clark mentioned in this article...Thank you, Flo PAPA
TDCJ taking measures against heat
TDCJ taking measures against heat
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Teens Doing Adult Time: Uphold 13-year-old Jordan Brown's Constitutional R...
Teens Doing Adult Time: Uphold 13-year-old Jordan Brown's Constitutional R...: "http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308203 Petition asks attorney general to uphold Jordan Brown's rights A new petition asks Pennsylva..."
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Jordan Smith peeks behind the curtain at Austin PD...
Grits for Breakfast: Jordan Smith peeks behind the curtain at Austin PD...: "Jordan Smith at the Austin Chronicle has a couple of notable items related to Austin PD and its alumni that merit Grits readers' attention: ..."
Grits for Breakfast: 'Lamb district attorney says Texas Ranger lied, bu...
Grits for Breakfast: 'Lamb district attorney says Texas Ranger lied, bu...: "The title of this post is the headline of a story in today's Lubbock Avalanche Journal by Logan Carver which opens: Lamb County District A..."
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: ME testimony false according to science but not Te...
Grits for Breakfast: ME testimony false according to science but not Te...: "Ever since Grits performed a rather extensive analysis of Judge Elsa Alcala's criminal opinions from the First Court of Appeals, I've been ..."
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: 'The GOP's Born-Again Prison Reformers'
Grits for Breakfast: 'The GOP's Born-Again Prison Reformers': "At the Daily Beast, Eve Conant writes of ' The GOP's Born-Again Prison Reformers ,' and as has become common in stories such as these, Texas..."
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Teens Doing Adult Time: Entering The Court Room In Orange And Wearing Chai...
Teens Doing Adult Time: Entering The Court Room In Orange And Wearing Chai...: "As I enter the courtroom in Orange and in Chains >> I lower my head and I begin to pray~ >> I ask God up above to soften hearts and minds,..."
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Will new healthcare tax on inmate families boost d...
Grits for Breakfast: Will new healthcare tax on inmate families boost d...: "Reports AP : The Texas House has approved legislation meant to tamp down rising health care costs for the state's prisoners. Passed b..."
Grits for Breakfast: Will new healthcare tax on inmate families boost d...
Grits for Breakfast: Will new healthcare tax on inmate families boost d...: "Reports AP : The Texas House has approved legislation meant to tamp down rising health care costs for the state's prisoners. Passed b..."
Grits for Breakfast: The hot drug war south of the river and Mexico's 2...
Grits for Breakfast: The hot drug war south of the river and Mexico's 2...: "Check out the best recent analysis I've seen of the pot ential impact of the 2012 Mexican presidential election on that country's hot and bl..."
Grits for Breakfast: A bipartisan consensus favoring criminal justice p...
Grits for Breakfast: A bipartisan consensus favoring criminal justice p...: "A frequent theme on this blog is that support for Big Government solutions in the criminal justice arena is usually bipartisan, and here are..."
Grits for Breakfast: New laws TDCJ is planning for that you may not hav...
Grits for Breakfast: New laws TDCJ is planning for that you may not hav...: "The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted this summary (pdf) of legislation affecting the agency on its website, and Grits wanted..."
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: The hot drug war south of the river and Mexico's 2...
Grits for Breakfast: The hot drug war south of the river and Mexico's 2...: "Check out the best recent analysis I've seen of the pot ential impact of the 2012 Mexican presidential election on that country's hot and bl..."
Friday, June 24, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Austin chief: Police treat high-profile defendants...
Grits for Breakfast: Austin chief: Police treat high-profile defendants...: "The president of Austin's police union, Wayne Vincent, questioned whether local talk show host Jeff Ward received special treatment after Wa..."
Grits for Breakfast: Pilot collaboration on DNA testing could presage r...
Grits for Breakfast: Pilot collaboration on DNA testing could presage r...: "The Harris County Commissioners Court is throwing the City of Houston a lifeline when it comes to processing backlogged rape kits, proposing..."
Grits for Breakfast: Federal judge: Leniency for criminal cops contribu...
Grits for Breakfast: Federal judge: Leniency for criminal cops contribu...: "While sentencing a Mesquite police officer for stealing drug money, a federal judge yesterday complained about law-enforcement officers rece..."
Grits for Breakfast: Every arm can wield a hammer: Defending Perry's ve...
Grits for Breakfast: Every arm can wield a hammer: Defending Perry's ve...: "When Governor Rick Perry announced his vetoes, Grits praised the Governor's decision to kill legislation criminalizing texting while drivin..."
Friday, June 17, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Historian: Merger of juvenile agencies risks repea...
Grits for Breakfast: Historian: Merger of juvenile agencies risks repea...: "Occasional Grits commenter and UT-San Antonio historian Bill Bush had a column in the Austin Statesman over the weekend warning that offici..."
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Wave At The Bus: Day 170 - The Pirate's Last Wave
Wave At The Bus: Day 170 - The Pirate's Last Wave: "Dale's true identity as a pirate has finally been revealed. And how do you know if you are a pirate? You just 'Arrrrrrrr!!' ..."
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: TCJC lists reform bills approved
Grits for Breakfast: TCJC lists reform bills approved: "Here's the text of an email received today from Aña Correa at the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition regarding reform legislation supported by..."
Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ 'Going California'?: Prison health under-fund...
Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ 'Going California'?: Prison health under-fund...: "The big news in the corrections field recently has been the US Supreme Court's order for California to de-incarcerate its overstuffed prison..."
Grits for Breakfast: Texas budget ditches 'smart on crime' approach, r...
Grits for Breakfast: Texas budget ditches 'smart on crime' approach, r...: "From LBB's summary (pdf) of Texas' conference committee report on the budget, here's the quite disappointing short-hand analysis of crimina..."
Grits for Breakfast: Jailing for profit spurs inmate releases in 2 Texa...
Grits for Breakfast: Jailing for profit spurs inmate releases in 2 Texa...: "A couple of Southeast Texas jail overcrowding stories caught Grits attention this week, starting with Nueces County (Corpus Christi) whose j..."
Grits for Breakfast: Bexar contemplates public, private alternatives to...
Grits for Breakfast: Bexar contemplates public, private alternatives to...: "A column from former St. Mary's Law School Dean Bill Piatt lays out possible options to stem rising indigent defense costs in a column in th..."
Grits for Breakfast: Corpus Christi PD may use cite and summons for low...
Grits for Breakfast: Corpus Christi PD may use cite and summons for low...: "After the Nueces County Sheriff this week began releasing nonviolent offenders in response to jail overcrowding, Corpus Christi PD may fina..."
Grits for Breakfast: Bills encourage testing, proper retention of rape ...
Grits for Breakfast: Bills encourage testing, proper retention of rape ...: "I noticed a couple of recent stories about SB 1636 by Sen.Wendy Davis requiring data collection and reporting on untested rape kits and test..."
Friday, May 27, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Bill would probe rape kit backlogs, encourage test...
Grits for Breakfast: Bill would probe rape kit backlogs, encourage test...: "We should have a lot more information about backlogs of untested rape kits at Texas police departments this fall thanks to a bill by Sen. We..."
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Questions remain after TYC, juvie probation merger...
Grits for Breakfast: Questions remain after TYC, juvie probation merger...: "Governor Perry has signed the TYC-Juvenile Probation Commission merger into law, establishing a new Texas Juvenile Justice Department by th..."
Grits for Breakfast: Bill boosting Harris County jail crowding headed t...
Grits for Breakfast: Bill boosting Harris County jail crowding headed t...: "A bill Grits criticized earlier this session that would worsen Harris County jail overcrowding - extending the stay of misdemeanor defendan..."
Grits for Breakfast: Lessons from SCOTUS ruling on California prison cr...
Grits for Breakfast: Lessons from SCOTUS ruling on California prison cr...: "Yesterday the US Supreme Court, on a narrow 5-4 majority, ordered the state of California to reduce prison crowding because of inadequate me..."
Grits for Breakfast: 'The Role of Parole in Texas: Achieving Public Saf...
Grits for Breakfast: 'The Role of Parole in Texas: Achieving Public Saf...: "The headline of this post is the title of a new report from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. I haven't had a chance to read it yet but wa..."
Grits for Breakfast: Juvie justice reforms cross ideological divide
Grits for Breakfast: Juvie justice reforms cross ideological divide: "Patti Hart at the Houston Chronicle (' Lawmakers in lockstep on juvenile justice ,' May 22) marveled that legislation merging the Texas Yout..."
Grits for Breakfast: Bill boosting Harris County jail crowding headed t...
Grits for Breakfast: Bill boosting Harris County jail crowding headed t...: "A bill Grits criticized earlier this session that would worsen Harris County jail overcrowding - extending the stay of misdemeanor defendan..."
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Texas dominates immigration detention
Grits for Breakfast: Texas dominates immigration detention: "Via Texas Prison Bidness: T he Detention Watch Network has released some terrific data and graphs on the private prison industry's role i..."
Grits for Breakfast: Remove employers from public sex-offender registry...
Grits for Breakfast: Remove employers from public sex-offender registry...: "There's a small, simple but important House bill up in the Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee today that deserves quick passage: Removi..."
Grits for Breakfast: Eyewitness reforms headed to Senate floor
Grits for Breakfast: Eyewitness reforms headed to Senate floor: "From Dave Mann at the Texas Observer : It’s not often you can say a piece of legislation might save lives, but House Bill 215 might do just..."
Grits for Breakfast: Lege sends savings from prison closure to private ...
Grits for Breakfast: Lege sends savings from prison closure to private ...: "According to Mike Ward at the Statesman , Texas will close just one prison, which as readers know is an historic first but also less than th..."
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Texas' latest DNA exoneree misidentified by juveni...
Grits for Breakfast: Texas' latest DNA exoneree misidentified by juveni...: "Texas' latest DNA exoneree is Johnny Pinchback, yet another out of Dallas County. An email from my employers at the Innocence Project of Tex..."
Grits for Breakfast: Bail bond industry seeks to retain monopoly
Grits for Breakfast: Bail bond industry seeks to retain monopoly: "A bill tying judges and counties hands on the cheapest way to handle low-level bail bonds has cleared the Senate and already received a hear..."
Grits for Breakfast: Don't further politicize Forensic Science Commissi...
Grits for Breakfast: Don't further politicize Forensic Science Commissi...: "The national Innocence Project issued this press release criticizing floor amendments to a bill about the Forensic Science Commission that w..."
Grits for Breakfast: Long sentences boost prison costs for seniors' hea...
Grits for Breakfast: Long sentences boost prison costs for seniors' hea...: "The Houston Chronicle has a story today on a topic familiar to Grits readers titled ' A growing burden: As more elderly prisoners serve time..."
Grits for Breakfast: 'Juvenile justice advocates call for diversion of ...
Grits for Breakfast: 'Juvenile justice advocates call for diversion of ...: "I received press release today via email from juvenile justice advocates with the same headline as this blog post urging the Legislature to ..."
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Incentive program for Driver Responsibility surcha...
Grits for Breakfast: Incentive program for Driver Responsibility surcha...: "Three pieces of good news about HB 588 , which would require the Texas Department of Public Safety to implement its 'incentive' rules for th..."
Grits for Breakfast: Texas' latest DNA exoneree misidentified by juveni...
Grits for Breakfast: Texas' latest DNA exoneree misidentified by juveni...: "Texas' latest DNA exoneree is Johnny Pinchback, yet another out of Dallas County. An email from my employers at the Innocence Project of Tex..."
Grits for Breakfast: Bail bond industry seeks to retain monopoly
Grits for Breakfast: Bail bond industry seeks to retain monopoly: "A bill tying judges and counties hands on the cheapest way to handle low-level bail bonds has cleared the Senate and already received a hear..."
Grits for Breakfast: Don't further politicize Forensic Science Commissi...
Grits for Breakfast: Don't further politicize Forensic Science Commissi...: "The national Innocence Project issued this press release criticizing floor amendments to a bill about the Forensic Science Commission that w..."
Grits for Breakfast: Lazy reporters are main constituency for sex-offen...
Grits for Breakfast: Lazy reporters are main constituency for sex-offen...: "Increasingly I've come to believe the sex-offender registry only serves one real purpose and at the end of the day just has one constituency..."
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors ask SCOTUS for 'absolute immunity' whe...
Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors ask SCOTUS for 'absolute immunity' whe...: "I'm very much looking forward to the oral arguments forthcoming at the US Supreme Court on November 4 regarding Pottawattamie County vs. McG..."
Grits for Breakfast: Improving Prosecutorial Accountability
Grits for Breakfast: Improving Prosecutorial Accountability: "Via email: Today, The Justice Project is pleased to announce the release of Improving Prosecutorial Accountability: A Policy Review , which ..."
Grits for Breakfast: What sanctions for prosecutors who cheat to win?
Grits for Breakfast: What sanctions for prosecutors who cheat to win?: "How many more cases do we need to see where prosecutors withhold exculpatory evidence from the defense before the state bar, the courts or t..."
Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutorial hubris, entitlement on display in re...
Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutorial hubris, entitlement on display in re...: "The National Law Journal published an op ed today by Bennett Gershman criticizing the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Collin County pro..."
Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors seldom disciplined for misconduct; can...
Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors seldom disciplined for misconduct; can...: "Before heading out (a little late) this a.m. to the Texas Forensic Science Seminar at the capitol, I wanted to point readers to the transcr..."
Grits for Breakfast: SCOTUS seems indifferent to prosecutorial miscondu...
Grits for Breakfast: SCOTUS seems indifferent to prosecutorial miscondu...: "UC-Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has an excellent column at the National Law Journal scolding the US Supreme Court for its seemi..."
Grits for Breakfast: Why aren't prosecutors held accountable when appel...
Grits for Breakfast: Why aren't prosecutors held accountable when appel...: "Usually I have a good idea how Grits readers think about a topic when I put up a reader poll, but I was still surprised that 73% of Grits re..."
Monday, May 9, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: TX Supreme Court says anonymous commenters have st...
Grits for Breakfast: TX Supreme Court says anonymous commenters have st...: "Grits admittedly has a love-hate relationship with anonymous commenters. Over the years, some of the most thoughtful things said in this blo..."
Grits for Breakfast: Eliminate 'judge-made' immunity for prosecutor mis...
Grits for Breakfast: Eliminate 'judge-made' immunity for prosecutor mis...: "On Monday, the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee heard CSHB 2641 by Rep. Lon Burnam which would establish liability f..."
Grits for Breakfast: Fish stories and dog tales: Police misconduct roun...
Grits for Breakfast: Fish stories and dog tales: Police misconduct roun...: "Here's a roundup of recent police accountability stories that were big enough to make it onto Grits' radar screen but haven't found their wa..."
Grits for Breakfast: Symbolic Justice: LWOP for serial rapists creates ...
Grits for Breakfast: Symbolic Justice: LWOP for serial rapists creates ...: "One the the biggest differences between California's hyper-expensive prison healthcare system and Texas' relatively well-functioning one is..."
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Senate pushing biggest cuts to TDCJ vocational ed
Grits for Breakfast: Senate pushing biggest cuts to TDCJ vocational ed: "A recurring theme in the budget battle at the 82nd Texas Legislature is that the proposed Senate budget - which includes tapping the state's..."
Grits for Breakfast: Proposed TDCJ property sales
Grits for Breakfast: Proposed TDCJ property sales: "The Texas House voted yesterday for HB 2969 to sell property around the Central Unit in Sugar Land and 896 acres attached to the Estelle Un..."
Grits for Breakfast: Court: Parole board can't impose sex-offender cond...
Grits for Breakfast: Court: Parole board can't impose sex-offender cond...: "Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles may no longer impose 'Special Condition X' - i.e., labeling someone a sex offender and requiring sex-off..."
Grits for Breakfast: Eliminate 'judge-made' immunity for prosecutor mis...
Grits for Breakfast: Eliminate 'judge-made' immunity for prosecutor mis...: "On Monday, the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee heard CSHB 2641 by Rep. Lon Burnam which would establish liability f..."
Grits for Breakfast: Juvie justice merger leaves open questions
Grits for Breakfast: Juvie justice merger leaves open questions: "House amendments to legislation merging the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission into a new Juvenile Justice Departm..."
Grits for Breakfast: Time to pass eyewitness ID reforms
Grits for Breakfast: Time to pass eyewitness ID reforms: "KCEN-TV had a feature this week about the eyewitness ID legislation pending in the Texas Legislature, focusing on the story of Tyler-native..."
Grits for Breakfast: AG says government needn't tell public when it wil...
Grits for Breakfast: AG says government needn't tell public when it wil...: "Texas Appleseed is suing to force school districts to make their use of force policies public, according to an op-ed by boardmember Scott Fl..."
Monday, April 18, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: 'We were not orphans: Stories from the Waco State ...
Grits for Breakfast: 'We were not orphans: Stories from the Waco State ...: "I heard a fascinating if disturbing interview on NPR this morning with the author of a new book out on the history the Waco State Scho..."
Grits for Breakfast: Tinkering with parole release could result in nine...
Grits for Breakfast: Tinkering with parole release could result in nine...: "For the first time this week, legislators began publicly considering legislation that would actually, signficantly reduce the prison populat..."
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Programming cuts v. prison closures: The inevitabl...
Grits for Breakfast: Programming cuts v. prison closures: The inevitabl...: "Prison closures were abated and some of the probation and treatment funds scheduled for cuts were restored in the state budget on the Senate..."
Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ units with most cell phone contraband discove...
Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ units with most cell phone contraband discove...: "The website Texas Watchdog asked the Department of Criminal Justice for a unit-by-unit breakdown of contraband cell phones found, and publis..."
Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: Save hundreds of millions by giving cred...
Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: Save hundreds of millions by giving cred...: "Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire has a bill up today in his committee, SB 883, that would save the state hundreds of..."
Grits for Breakfast: Privatization of prison healthcare pushed in secre...
Grits for Breakfast: Privatization of prison healthcare pushed in secre...: "At the beginning of the session, Gov. Rick Perry tossed out the idea of privatizing prison healthcare, but after the House and Senate budget..."
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Grits for Breakfast: Parole caseloads too high to monitor ex-offenders
Grits for Breakfast: Parole caseloads too high to monitor ex-offenders: "In Dallas a TV station has a story titled 'Most Texas parole officers say they are overworked,' which is based on a report from the state au..."
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
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