Texas Jail Project

Organizing with and advocating for people incarcerated in Texas county jails and their loved ones. Healthy communities make jails obsolete.

[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

Tune in this morning at 8:30 ET to hear invited testimony from our very own @Dalilareyn82 at a Shadow Hearing organized by @repdeliaramirez on the harms of 287(g)
Livestream here: https://t.co/3g5GSkXlrX &
https://t.co/PKe6o8jCM8

Our press advisory here:
https://t.co/LKKOJrHljV

[Tracey McManus @TroMcManus]

A state investigation into a woman’s fatal injury in the Dallas County jail began only after @dallasnews learned of the case and I began asking questions. Advocates see a troubling trend across Texas of jails attempting to avoid deaths on their books.

https://t.co/VBeI0IuB35

[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

immigration agents. Families no longer know whether a routine interaction with local law enforcement could end with a loved one disappearing into ICE detention,” said Ms. Reynoso.

For more information see our press release here: https://t.co/SOkl6hOacb

[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

TODAY IN Washington D.C. Texas Jail Project testified to Congress in first hearing about harmful local impacts of 287(g)

Watch the full hearing on Rep. Ramirez’s pages:
📷 X: https://t.co/3g5GSkXlrX

📷 Facebook: https://t.co/PKe6o8jCM8

[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

"We are witnessing constitutional protections erode in real time, due process weakened and entire communities targeted based simply on their perceived race and ethnicity.”

“What is most alarming is how blurred the lines have become between local police, sheriffs, and federal

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

Happy National Library Week.

In less than 10 years, U.S. spending on immigration policing & detention increased by 171% while funding for libraries didn't even keep up with inflation.

Some priorities. 🤔

[Alisa Simmons @CommALSimmons]

Shawn Fraraccio, a 26-year-old with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was transferred today to a state-supported facility.

It should not have taken more than 446 days.

I want to thank the community advocates and the @TxJailProject for bringing his circumstance to my attention.

Their advocacy demonstrates the impact that community engagement has in driving accountability and change in county government.

#TarrantCounty

[Holly Hansen @hollyshansen]

In: @TxJailProject statement on $1.5 million settlement in federal lawsuit against Smith County:

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

“According to this, none of the payments made during the period they examined were substantiated," said Todd  Buikema, a principal technical advisor of accounting and reporting. https://t.co/bhJCinbRNG

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

A reminder on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day:

It's not just "a few bad apples." Police violence is a systemic problem in the U.S., and it happens on a scale far greater than other wealthy nations.

Who, exactly, does this system protect & serve?

[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

Our latest newsletter just dropped!

Wins From Texas That Defy The Headlines

Check it out here:
https://t.co/yFUmOHgmn5

[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

We must not constitutionalize mass incarceration. Especially when our pretrial detention system is the largest warehouse of people with mental illness. We need investments in preventive solutions.

We cannot punish our way out of a public health crisis. #CareNotCages

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[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

📢Our co-founder & executive director's published letter to the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board against Prop 3:

https://t.co/Y1h2ioP0Tn

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[Texas Jail Project @TxJailProject]

"Prop 3 - automatic bail denial - is a dangerous distraction from the mental health crisis that has turned our county jails into the largest warehouse of people with mental illness."

We cannot punish our way out of a public health issue. #CareNotCages

https://t.co/aaK85OogUq