Texas Jail Project

📢 Billie Davis, Thomas E Marshall Jr., Jaleen Anderson, and Erik Carlson have finally been added to the Death in Custody database maintained by @TxCommJailStand These 4 men died in Louisiana after being shipped out pretrial from TX. Their deaths were never counted! Until now.

In: @TxJailProject statement on $1.5 million settlement in federal lawsuit against Smith County:

“According to this, none of the payments made during the period they examined were substantiated," said Todd  Buikema, a principal technical advisor of accounting and reporting. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

A reminder on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: It's not just "a few bad apples." Police violence is a systemic problem in the U.S., and it happens on a scale far greater than other wealthy nations. Who, exactly, does this system protect & serve?

Our latest newsletter just dropped! Wins From Texas That Defy The Headlines Check it out here: mailchi.mp/texasjailproje…

We must not constitutionalize mass incarceration. Especially when our pretrial detention system is the largest warehouse of people with mental illness. We need investments in preventive solutions. We cannot punish our way out of a public health crisis. #CareNotCages 2/2

📢Our co-founder & executive director's published letter to the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board against Prop 3: archive.ph/znnlC 1/2

"Prop 3 - automatic bail denial - is a dangerous distraction from the mental health crisis that has turned our county jails into the largest warehouse of people with mental illness." We cannot punish our way out of a public health issue. #CareNotCages texasobserver.org/bail-crackdown…

📢🙌Thanks to Dr. Nath's persistent advocacy at @TxCommJailStand the agency has included her recommendation for creating rules on seizure protocols in jails, on the agenda for its next quarterly meeting on Nov 6th. Tune in on the 6th for our livestream of the meeting.

CALL TO ACTION📢

"Prop 3 and other 'tough on crime bills' are a distraction...state officials refuse to connect the dots between public safety and mental health because they don’t want to be in the business of managing long-term mental health care for the state’s most vulnerable..." @kinsngops 💯

There is so much more ahead in the fight for justice but for now, these are huge victories we need to celebrate! 🎉 We are deeply grateful to Sarah Knight for all her work. #NotOneMore #EndOutsourcing #EndMassIncarceration #HarrisCountyJail #LibertyCountyJail #EndCashBail

Please watch Ms. Knight and Ms. Carlson's powerful testimonies on our YouTube channel @texasjailproject" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">m.youtube.com/@texasjailproj…

📢 Billie Davis, Thomas E Marshall Jr., Jaleen Anderson, and Erik Carlson have finally been added to the Death in Custody database maintained by @TxCommJailStand These 4 men died in Louisiana after being shipped out pretrial from TX. Their deaths were never counted! Until now.

Trump issued two outrageous Executive Orders yesterday targeting "cashless bail." As the multi-billion dollar bail insurance industry spreads lies about the bail system, this classic video tells you a lot about what you need to know about how that system works.

🗓️TOMORROW Communities across the US are proposing spending millions (sometimes billions) on new jails – but new, bigger jails don't make anyone safer. This webinar will discuss how you can push back against jail expansion. Register here 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Shameful. SJR 1 would change the Texas Constitution to require automatic pretrial jailing of trafficking survivors, domestic violence victims, and others here with legal presence. Kill an abuser or trafficker in self-defense? You would sit in jail for years. #txlege

There may be a motion to reconsider tonight or tomorrow. Please continue working together to ensure detention without due process never takes root in Texas! #SJR87 #txlege