Saturday, May 7, 2011
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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