Bail in Texas
This brief provides a high-level overview of Texas’ two-tiered bail system.
Operation Lone Star: Misinformation and Discrimination in Texas Border Enforcement
Our latest report reveals that OLS spends billions of dollars to racially profile and arrest people who pose no threat to public safety.
Detention Hearings Without Lawyers: An Analysis of Initial Criminal Court Hearings in Travis County, Texas
Currently, people arrested in Travis County, Texas, are forced to appear in initial criminal court hearings — called “magistration hearings” — without an attorney representing them.
Dressed To Express: How Dress Codes Discriminate Against Texas Students and Must Be Changed
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.
The Harms of Border Patrol on Daily Life Along the Texas Border
Smart Sentencing: The Right Strategy for Addressing Substance Use in Texas
Justice Can't Wait: Independence Day Agenda for Houston Policing
2019 Update – Death, Damage, and Failure: Past, Present, and Future Impacts of Walls on the U.S.-Mexico Border