- Condoms in prison touted as solution. As Texas officials consider whether to measure the problem, via the Texas Civil Rights Review, ACT UP is calling the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to distribute condoms in prisons.
- Valley blogging. Rep. Peña has good posts up on an anti-immigrant proposal at the City of Farmer's Branch, notice of a public hearing in the Valley to look at problems at the Evins Juvenile Detention Center, and notice of an item from the McAllen Monitor featuring blogger and occasional Grits commenter Shaine Mata (congrats Shaine!). Speaking of Shaine, he's a U.S. citizen who moved temporarily from the Valley to Wisconsin as the fourth generation in his family to work as a migrant laborer. See this recent post on the subject for an interesting read.
- Businesses for Rational Immigration Laws: Dallas Blog reports that the Texas Association of Business has launched a new group, Texas Employers for Immigration Reform, to support a guest worker program and other initiatives that protect their labor pool. See the Dallas Morning News' coverage.
- Who is victimized by crime? As the Texas Public Policy Foundation prepares for its forum on victims' rights, Wretched of the Earth wonders if the definition of crime victim should be expanded to included the perpetrator's family.
- 'Double blind' lineups? The Truth About False Confessions points to proposals by the California Commission for the Fair Administration of Justice for "double blind" lineups where officers showing photo arrays of to witnesses don't know which person is the suspect.
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3 comments:
"I haven't been making my usual rounds at the blogs since returning from vacation, but these recent items grabbed my attention and reminded me why I should:"
Which means you missed the article on MSNBC about the rise in crime.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14137625/>1=8404
Where's the drug task force when you need them?
Actually I mentinoed that in the post on Crime in Mexico.
Two responses to your red herring: 1) The article talks about other states, not TX, and 2) they didn't get rid of the drug task forces outside of Texas. So what that article tells us is that crime is rising DESPITE drug task forces.
Every murder is a terrible tragedy. That's why it's better to reserve prison space for killers than lowly drug users, IMO. As I've argued before, the drug task force strategy of making lots of low level busts makes everyone less safe.
Thanks for reading. I'm glad you're back home safe in Texas. I look forward to going home too.
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