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Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19?
Maria Morris, Senior Staff Attorney, National Prison Project, ACLU
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By Maria Morris
Here’s How Fort Worth is Setting Up its New Police Monitor for Failure
This piece originally published in the Fort-Worth Star Telegram.
By Pamela Young, Paige Fernandez
The Faces of Smart Justice Reform in Texas
Criminal justice reform has been a hot button topic in Texas for decades. And with good reason.
By Lauren Johnson, Dominique Walker
Drama Continues in Galveston County Bail Lawsuit, with One Silver Lining
Imagine being arrested and accused of a crime. You ask to speak to a lawyer — like most people do — but that request is ignored. Your only way to avoid being locked up is to have $2,000 ready to pay money bail. But you don’t have access to that kind of cash, so you spend nearly two months locked in jail, solely because you were unable to pay for your freedom.
By Trisha Trigilio
Denying Formerly Incarcerated People the Right to Vote Isn’t About Justice
At the age of 19, I lost my right to vote due to a low level, non-violent felony drug conviction. I was sentenced to 22 years in prison, 17 of which was spent on parole, based on a prosecutor’s 45-year sentence recommendation for not accepting a plea bargain and exercising my right to due process.
By Darwin Hamilton
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