"The system is a mess": The Not-So-Hidden Costs of Prison Privatization

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Travis County Should End Compliance With ICE’s “Secure Communities” Program

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Sunset Commission Sets the Tone for Criminal Justice Reforms in 2013

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Sexually abused in detention: 360 more days of real-life nightmares?

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Christian Broadcasting Network highlights problems with the for-profit prison model

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Over-incarceration nation, and Texas is leading the pack.

Read the Summer 2012 ACLU of Texas Newsletter ⇑

Take the quiz to test your knowledge. Then, as you go through the answers, find out what the ACLU of Texas is doing to lower incarceration rates in our great state.

1. The United States has about 5% of the world's population and holds what percentage of the world's prisoners?
a.10%

b.15%

c.25%-That's right. The "land of the free" has the highest incarceration rate in the world.

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Summer Dispatch

16 and Solitary: Texas Jails Isolate Children

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An Inhumane Milestone in Louisiana … Let’s Ensure Texas Does Not Follow Louisiana’s Lead

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All You Missed at the Civil Rights Conference in Houston if you Weren't There

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