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