Strolling about the web

Light blogging at Grits today, but see these recent items from the ACLU of Texas' new Liberty Blog:

• Don't get sick at the Tarrant County Jail,
• Austin Taser death result of bad policy, and
• God, where is ACLU now that America needs it?

Also a few other items from around the web:

• Ten percent of US inmates are "lifers," reports the New York Times, with a great followup here. See also TChris from TalkLeft and more from Doc Berman.
• Not all the judges from Sherman are quite so silly: Read this excellent article from the Sherman Herald-Democrat about a Grayson County drug court.
• Injustice Anywhere laments how for years the Dallas PD turned a blind eye to abuses by confidential informants.