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A legal battle over a lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons is bringing together advocates on the issue and one current inmate who says his health is being endangered by the state’s hot ...
The Prison Show is a news program and radio call-in show created by Ray Hill to serve prison inmates and formerly incarcerated persons. It reaches approximately one-sixth of inmates in Texas, [1] and in 2012 reached 14 of the 111 prisons in the state. [2]
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TPCA is donating cooling towels to indigent inmates in Texas prisons. You can be part of this project by donating online towards the cost of the towels. So far, supporters have raised $1,642.
The book begins with "A Short History of Texas Prisons," documenting the history of the TDCJ and its predecessor agencies, then has the guide on prison life and operations. [2] According to Lisa E. Brooks of The Urban Institute, the author describes the TDCJ in "laudably evenhanded" ways, and criticizes both inmates and TDCJ employees. [2]
Alliance for Safety and Justice; American Civil Liberties Union; Amnesty International USA; Anti-Recidivism Coalition; Center for Court Innovation; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
Advocates of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson are pleading for the state to halt its plans to execute him Thursday for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter – a crime Roberson says he did ...
TCRP also represented a magazine publisher and filed suit against a jail that had denied inmates access to the publication Prison Legal News. The jail was required to modify the policy as a consequence. [30] The efforts of TCRP's Prisoners' Rights Program have also led to greater due process rights for paroled Texas prisoners. [31]