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It operates two halfway houses, arbitrates prisoner grievances, maintains a youth home, helps ex-inmates find work, and provides social services to prisoners' families. [3] There are many special-interest prison support groups such as the Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women in Prison. Some political movements find it to be in ...
Pleasantville has a demonstrated history of community advocacy. Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS), a community-based advocacy group, started working for flood mitigation after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. In 2019, ACTS launched a community-owned air monitoring network to address environmental justice concerns. Due to Pleasantville’s ...
In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally change” communication for the state’s more than 100,000 prison ...
A proposed change to U.S. federal prison rules that would punish inmates for using social media or directing others to do so on their behalf could infringe on the free speech rights of people who ...
1,279 advocates from 50 states sent 2,460 letters in support of Second Chance Month. 40,944 people learned about the barriers to second chances via Prison Fellowship's website. 4,424 social media posts were shared in April to support second chances. 40 million people from 47 countries saw #SecondChanceMonth social media posts.
Today, they join over 200 other students at correctional facilities across the country who have completed the Brave Behind Bars program since the group’s founding in 2021. A graduation ...
By January 2012 the Harris County jails had 8,573, a decrease by 31% from 2008 to 2012, and there were only 21 inmates serving time in other jail facilities, all in Texas. [10] The jail population increased since the Texas Legislature cut its community mental health services funding by $400 million in 2003. Between 2004 and 2009 the population ...