Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ ends solitary confinement as punishment, and ...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ ends solitary confinement as punishment, and ...: Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention while mine is focused elsewhere: TDCJ is ending the use of solitary c...

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ ends solitary confinement as punishment, and ...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ ends solitary confinement as punishment, and ...: Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention while mine is focused elsewhere: TDCJ is ending the use of solitary c...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas not among states arresting prison visitors f...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas not among states arresting prison visitors f...: In Michigan, state prisons arrest visitors who arrive with outstanding traffic warrants, running their names and arresting them while they w...

Grits for Breakfast: Public defender for appeals would reduce waste, in...

Grits for Breakfast: Public defender for appeals would reduce waste, in...: Lots of appeals in Texas' criminal-court system are filed pro se by people who lack representation, and often they make procedural erro...

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Grits for Breakfast: Texas jailhouse-snitch reforms praised

Grits for Breakfast: Texas jailhouse-snitch reforms praised: The New York Times over the weekend (7/15) had a staff editorial praising the latest reforms in Texas  aimed at reining in the use of jailh...

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Grits for Breakfast: Cash-register justice, against drug-free zones, an...

Grits for Breakfast: Cash-register justice, against drug-free zones, an...: Here are a few odds and ends which merit Grits readers' attention while I'm focused elsewhere today: Williamson County to allow ci...

Monday, September 12, 2016

Grits for Breakfast: The Playbook: Under budget pressure, TDCJ prophesi...

Grits for Breakfast: The Playbook: Under budget pressure, TDCJ prophesi...: Nota bene, Robert T. Garrett and other journalists covering the state budget process: When the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) c...