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Texas Board of Criminal Justice members named
Eric Gambrell Highland Park attorney Eric Gambrell has been reappointed to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. The board oversees the … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleAnother inmate makes unusual last statement
It’s been a while since an inmate’s last words caused a stir like those of Richard Cobb. Cobb, who was put to death in Huntsville last Thursday, for a murder in Cherokee County made the following...
View ArticleCigarettes are often a prized commodity behind bars
Texas prisoners, like most inmates around the country, have been prohibited from smoking cigarettes for years. But that doesn’t mean they don’t get the occasional smoke. The Daily Beast details the...
View ArticleChildren with parents behind bars, the Justice Department and Sesame Street
A senior Justice Department official has written a thoughtful blog about the problems faced by children with parents behind bars – and what’s being done about it. The blog notes that Sesame Street...
View ArticleInfamous child killer in England to be released again
Twenty years ago Jon Venables and another 10-year-old boy murdered toddler James Bulger in a crime that shocked not just England, where the crime occurred, but the rest of the world. Venables has been...
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Update: Six Dallas Cowboys, past and present, on state’s witness list should...
Josh Brent leaves a Dallas County courtroom Friday. (Tom Fox/Dallas Morning News) Update at 3:52 p.m.: According to the state’s witness list submitted by Dallas County First Assistant Criminal...
View ArticleCalifornia town offers inmates opportunity to pay for better jail accomodations
Can’t help but wonder if this will catch on in Texas: The Fremont California police department is offering a “pay to stay” program that allows inmates to do their time in a finer facility if they can...
View ArticleMaryland prison teams with non-profit to offer camp behind bars for inmates...
Keeping families intact is one of the biggest challenges for inmates and their families. Inmates need a support system, especially when they’re released, and kids need parents. A prison in Maryland...
View ArticleIf probation violations are ignored, what’s the point?
There’s some sobering reading in Jennifer Emily’s story today about felony probationers in Dallas courts who have gone unpunished despite flunking repeated drug and alcohol tests. Jen reports that...
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TDCJ to use Sesame Street kits to help children of inmate explain incarceration
Alex the Muppet whose father is in prison (Courtesy of Florida Department of Corrections ) Understanding why a loved one is in prison and what that means is hard even for adults to understand. So...
View ArticleSix percent of Texas inmates serving life
About one in 9 inmates in prison systems across the country is serving a life sentence according to a new report from the Sentencing Project. That’s 159,520 people in 2012. In Texas the number in 2012...
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Visited a prison lately? Share your experience
Visiting a Texas prison for the first time can be jarring–there are rules to navigate on everything from what you can and cannot wear to how much contact you can have. During the last legislative...
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Death row exoneree creates UT Law School scholarship to honor lawyer who...
Former death row inmate Anthony Graves has honored the lawyer who believed in his innocence and fought to save his life by creating a scholarship in her name. According to visit site to read more]
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Inside Books Project to participate in Texas Book Festival
The Inside Books Project will celebrate 15 years of supplying books for Texas prison inmates with an appearance at the upcoming Texas Book Festival. Project coordinator Dan Murphy … [visit site to...
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Ex-con starts innovative business, hopes to expand to Texas
No one knows prison life like an ex-con. That’s why one former felon has started an unusual business: sending packages of pre-approved items to inmates.. visit site to read more]
View ArticleLawyer wants to bring yoga to Texas inmates
An Austin lawyer is leaving the practice to bring yoga to prison inmates according to a recent item from Texas Lawyer. The attorney, Jim Freeman, is a practicing Buddhist who has started a group...
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What you need to know about how the botched Oklahoma execution could affect...
The botched execution of Clayton Lockett, convicted in Oklahoma of shooting a woman and burying her alive, has renewed the debate over lethal injection and the death penalty across the country....
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Execution date set for John Battaglia, Texas death row inmate who killed...
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17 Texas prison officers disciplined after inmate death, 1 recommended for...
Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees exit the Clements Unit (AP … [visit site to read more]
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'Defeated' drug lord 'El Chapo' wants sleep, welcomes extradition to U.S.,...
A girl walks along the perimeter of the Altiplano prison, where Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is being held. (Yuri Cortez/Agence France-Presse) From The Associated Press: MEXICO CITY — A...
View ArticleDallas accountant Battaglia, who murdered his 'little babies,' to be executed...
Updated March 30: John Battaglia was granted a last-minute stay of execution. Read the latest here. A visit site to read more]
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Killer who had lover buried in backyard tried to flee prison by forging...
Kwaneta Harris is serving a 50-year sentence for the 2006 murder of Michael … [visit site to read more]
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