Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ 'behaved dishonorably' in prison-heat litigat...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ 'behaved dishonorably' in prison-heat litigat...: A federal judge declared that Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials had "behaved dishonorably" by allegedly providing th...

Grits for Breakfast: Harris DA sanctioned for Brady/Michael-Morton Act ...

Grits for Breakfast: Harris DA sanctioned for Brady/Michael-Morton Act ...: In Harris County, reported the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger, Judge Andrew Wright  issued a monetary sanction of $500 on the Harri...

Grits for Breakfast: Why revocations from probation and parole make up ...

Grits for Breakfast: Why revocations from probation and parole make up ...: Two recent reports on supervising people in the community post-conviction deserve Grits readers' attention: From the Texas Public Poli...

Grits for Breakfast: "Isolated incident" at TDCJ means things that happ...

Grits for Breakfast: "Isolated incident" at TDCJ means things that happ...: Not long ago, Grits parsed statements from Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman and concluded that his consistent pattern of resp...

Grits for Breakfast: #MeToo among Texas women prison guards

Grits for Breakfast: #MeToo among Texas women prison guards: Go read Keri Blakinger's new Houston Chronicle story on the topic . Keri writes that, "female officers also have to contend with ha...

Grits for Breakfast: Now in a dwindling minority, failure to "Raise the...

Grits for Breakfast: Now in a dwindling minority, failure to "Raise the...: The Missouri Legislature recently voted to raise the age of adult criminal responsibility from 17 to 18 years old, beginning January 1, 202...

Grits for Breakfast: Zero tolerance makes zero sense, and other stories...

Grits for Breakfast: Zero tolerance makes zero sense, and other stories...: Here are a few odds and ends that merit readers' attention: Learning the ropes Politico ran a nice feature on Nueces County DA Mark G...