People Against Prison Abuse

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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: 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...: "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: "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 ...: "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..."

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: "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..."