Texas Jail Project
@txjailproject
Organizing with and advocating for people incarcerated in Texas county jails and their loved ones. Healthy communities make jails obsolete.
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https://www.texasjailproject.org/ 04-03-2014 20:21:58
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Texas has a dark history of disguising deaths in custody & failing to report them. Now, Texas Jail Project is fighting to hold jails accountable. 🚨Show your support by attending the TX Commission on Jail Standards session this Thursday! Learn more 👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/08/0…
“We are addicted to carceral solutions” - Texas Jail Project hit the nail on the head there. Texas is eager to ship incarcerated people off to different states/counties – but it's costly, and worse: It's extremely demanding on loved ones who have to travel great distances for visits
Full lawsuit available here, courtesy Texas Jail Project documentcloud.org/documents/2510…
Harris county chooses to transfer more pretrial detainees out of state, and OUT OF REACH of regulatory oversight by Tx Comm Jail Stand This is a clear message to families that the county does not care about the safety of their loved ones who are pretrial. houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…