Grits for Breakfast

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg issued a 56-page report disputing the findings of federal bail monitors overseeing the settlement...

The following is a guest blog post co-authored by Elizabeth Rossi of Civil Rights Corps and Amanda Woog of the Texas Fair Defense Project. T...

Your correspondent hasn't been writing on Grits during the latest special session because it wasn't a time when Texas state leaders ...

Everybody hates speed traps. There are few things more annoying than driving along a state highway at 70 mph then having it ratchet down to ...

In Austin, the Republican-led group that ran a successful ballot initiative criminalizing homelessness has put another one on the ballot for...

I was lookin' for a job when I found this one. Don't need the work like you need the work done.                                     ...

Your correspondent appears to have lost the capacity for surprise or outrage, or this might affect me more. Instead, it mostly makes me feel...

A friend emailed to ask my opinion of "hotspot" policing tactics being promoted by Houston PD. Here's how I responded: There a...

"Early warning systems" for police are one of those ideas that's touted by institutional players in the wake of bad police mis...

Much attention has been given to the nationwide murder spike, but Texans were more than twice as likely to die from a drug overdose in 2020 ...

I've gotta say, 2021 has been dispiriting on many levels, not the least of which is the partisanship injected into criminal-justice topi...

Today your correspondent testified against HB 2 - the Governor's bill attacking judicial discretion in bail setting - in the House Selec...

My better half, Kathy Mitchell, posted this on Facebook about Gov. Abbott's criminal-justice vetoes, and since I hadn't written anyt...

For many years, combating unnecessary jail expansion around the state was a central focus of this blog. But over time, the jail building boo...