Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: Ugly allegations of abuse, inmate hazing at Bartle...

Grits for Breakfast: Ugly allegations of abuse, inmate hazing at Bartle...: Holy God! I hardly know what to make of this! From the San Antonio Express-News (" Lawsuit: Texas prison okays odd sex assault ," ...

Grits for Breakfast: Corrections Committee Chair Tan Parker questions j...

Grits for Breakfast: Corrections Committee Chair Tan Parker questions j...: Here's an incredibly positive sign for drug sentencing reform from Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman Tan Parker, as reported by...

Grits for Breakfast: Corrections Committee Chair Tan Parker questions j...

Grits for Breakfast: Corrections Committee Chair Tan Parker questions j...: Here's an incredibly positive sign for drug sentencing reform from Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman Tan Parker, as reported by...

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ's $6.8 billion budget request slants too much...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ's $6.8 billion budget request slants too much...: Here's a one-page summary (pdf) of Texas Department of Criminal Justice's  Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) for FY 2016-17....

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: Litigation heating up over summertime prison condi...

Grits for Breakfast: Litigation heating up over summertime prison condi...: At Texas Monthly's website, Annie Melton reflects on the looming question: " Will a ruling on extreme conditions at the Louisiana S...

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: Crappy indigent defense causes false convictions

Grits for Breakfast: Crappy indigent defense causes false convictions: The San Antonio Current had a fine article recently titled " 254 ways to defend poor people in Texas " critiquing Texas' coun...