Grits for Breakfast

Via South Texas Chisme , see pictur es from the Nueces County Jail that led one district judge to say inmates were being housed "like ...

From the Delicious Irony section of the New York Times (" Ex-prosecutor in Texas draws long prison term ," June 27): A former dist...

The immigration debate frustrates me in part because a number of assumptions underlying arguments for "cracking down," whatever t...

El Paso Sheriff Samaniego has stopped his controversial practice of using traffic stops as a pretext for immigration enforcement, reports th...

The Chicago Tribune says so . UPDATE: See Part Two . And Part Three .

Earlier I linked to a new report (pdf) by the Spangenberg Group analyzing new public defender systems in Bexar and Hidalgo Counties. I sti...

As Texas counties struggle with jail overcrowding, legislators looking toward 2007 should note a small but significant step they could take ...

Writer Dan McGraw from the Fort Worth Weekly emails: You asked us to look at campiagn contributions in Tarrant County from bond agents, so ...

Texas must reduce prison sentences, fix probation, or spend a billion dollars on new prisons, declares this KUT radio story by Ben Philpott ...

The Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE) is holding its annual fundraiser Friday, June 23 rd in Houston, and if you're an opponent of t...

Since I'm writing so much about people sitting around in county jail awaiting trial on low-level charges , the subject of indigent def...

Another Texas county struggling with jail overcrowding seeks solutions besides jail expansion, but local sheriffs don't always seem to b...

A Fredericksburg, TX police officer was convicted of a third degree felony for returning marijuana taken from a snitch in exchange for a pro...

Like many counties across the state, Tom Green County's jail out in West Texas is overcrowded, and County Judge Mike Brown can't thi...

"The point of the Fourth Amendment, which often is not grasped by zealous officers, is not that it denies law enforcement the support o...

The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution was already a tattered shred of its former glorious self when we all woke up this morning thanks...

Here's a welcome, happy ending to a sad tale. The Christian Science Monitor focuses on the story of Christopher Ochoa, a Texan who was ...

Speaking of LBB, here are three new, statistics-filled publications from the Texas Legislative Budget Board on characteristics of adult and ...

The Republican chairman of the House committee that oversees Texas prisons says we can solve Texas' overincarceration crisis without bui...

I asked in the last post if anyone knew the statewide percentage of misdemeanor defendants who received appointed lawyers. Thanks to Dominic...