Research & Publications

This civil rights resource guide is designed to help people incarcerated in Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisons — and their loved ones — understand and advocate for their rights.

This brief provides a high-level overview of Texas’ two-tiered bail system.

Our latest report reveals that OLS spends billions of dollars to racially profile and arrest people who pose no threat to public safety.

Currently, people arrested in Travis County, Texas, are forced to appear in initial criminal court hearings — called “magistration hearings” — without an attorney representing them.

No student should ever be punished for being who they are. Our new report shows that more than half of Texas public schools have dress code policies that shame and penalize students for simply showing up in the classroom as their authentic selves.