Grits for Breakfast: More litigation over summer heat in Texas prisons:...

Grits for Breakfast: More litigation over summer heat in Texas prisons:...: The New York Times and the Texas Tribune both published stories yesterday about litigation over extreme heat in Texas prisons,  a subject ...

Pray for ALL the TEXAS INMATES without AC....High of 109 in Austin sets new June record

High of 109 in Austin sets new June record

RELEASE,RELEASE Non Violent Offenders and those egible for Parole Good Time....Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departur...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departur...: After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st...

Grits for Breakfast: With California de-incarcerating, Texas leads stat...

Grits for Breakfast: With California de-incarcerating, Texas leads stat...: Texas now has the largest prison population of any state after California reduced its prison population by tens of thousands, as directed by...

Grits for Breakfast: Adult prison model wrong approach for juvenile off...

Grits for Breakfast: Adult prison model wrong approach for juvenile off...: Finally, we're seeing corrections professionals standing up to some of the misguided policy suggestions from the media and legislators regar...

Grits for Breakfast: Appellate judge: 'These guys are sitting in an ove...

Grits for Breakfast: Appellate judge: 'These guys are sitting in an ove...: Last year a federal district judge in south Texas threw out a lawsuit by an aged prisoner who sued over extreme heat in the un-air conditio...

Grits for Breakfast: Appellate judge: 'These guys are sitting in an ove...

Grits for Breakfast: Appellate judge: 'These guys are sitting in an ove...: Last year a federal district judge in south Texas threw out a lawsuit by an aged prisoner who sued over extreme heat in the un-air conditio...

Grits for Breakfast: Uncertainty at key committee chair slots clouds cr...

Grits for Breakfast: Uncertainty at key committee chair slots clouds cr...: Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune a couple of weeks ago had an article first published behind their Texas Weekly paywall discussing the ap...

The Backgate Website: Ex-TDCJ PIO Michelle Lyons files lawsuit against T...

The Backgate Website: Ex-TDCJ PIO Michelle Lyons files lawsuit against T...: By Duane Stuart, Backgate Website Well it's official, after a phone conversation i had with Ms. Lyons earlier today, she verified a laws...

"Everything Legal Is Not Moral": Why We're Taking Solitary Confinement to Court

"Everything Legal Is Not Moral": Why We're Taking Solitary Confinement to Court

Judge next witness in lawyer's corruption trial - Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston

Judge next witness in lawyer's corruption trial - Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston

Where are the felony charges against the Mother and Cousin???? Grits for Breakfast: Juvie sex-assault sentence overturned based on rec...

Grits for Breakfast: Juvie sex-assault sentence overturned based on rec...: Slowly but surely, in leaps and starts (punctuated by inexplicable pauses and disappointing regressions), junk science long accepted in Texa...