Jails /tags/jails Jails en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:01:00 GMT AG真人百家乐 County opens center to help keep people experiencing a mental health crisis out of jail /health/2024-10-04/travis-county-crisis-care-diversion-pilot-program-mental-illness-crisis-diversion-jail-emergency-room The diversion program offers an alternative place to go: a 24/7 psychiatric emergency services center. And a place to stay: a residential facility that provides care and case management. Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:01:00 GMT /health/2024-10-04/travis-county-crisis-care-diversion-pilot-program-mental-illness-crisis-diversion-jail-emergency-room Olivia Aldridge Jails can be super-spreaders for COVID, but Texans kept in the dark about what's happening inside /covid-19/2022-01-07/jails-can-be-super-spreaders-for-covid-but-texans-kept-in-the-dark-about-whats-happening-inside Texans know even less about the COVID-19 situation in county jails than they did last spring 鈥� and researchers warn the spread of infection among incarcerated people and staff could put communities at greater risk. Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:30:02 GMT /covid-19/2022-01-07/jails-can-be-super-spreaders-for-covid-but-texans-kept-in-the-dark-about-whats-happening-inside Bret Jaspers Protocols at Central Texas jails weren't clear during the pandemic, making COVID hard to track /crime-justice/2021-11-04/protocols-at-central-texas-jails-werent-clear-during-the-pandemic-making-covid-hard-to-track A new report finds jails struggled to keep up with daily logs of new cases and could've provided more transparency on isolation, testing and quarantine policies. Thu, 04 Nov 2021 22:59:09 GMT /crime-justice/2021-11-04/protocols-at-central-texas-jails-werent-clear-during-the-pandemic-making-covid-hard-to-track Andrew Weber Hays County Creates Public Dashboard To Help 'Shine A Light' On Its Jail Population /crime-justice/2021-03-22/new-public-dashboard-created-to-help-shine-a-light-on-whos-in-the-hays-county-jail Commissioner Lon Shell said the tool will help policymakers monitor trends and make decisions about changes to the criminal justice system. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:01:41 GMT /crime-justice/2021-03-22/new-public-dashboard-created-to-help-shine-a-light-on-whos-in-the-hays-county-jail Riane Roldan 20 Inmates In AG真人百家乐 County's Del Valle Jail Have Tested Positive For COVID /crime-justice/2021-01-15/20-inmates-in-travis-countys-del-valle-jail-have-tested-positive-for-covid Throughout the pandemic, AG真人百家乐 County has seen a relatively low number of positive cases in jails. That changed this week. Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:15:31 GMT /crime-justice/2021-01-15/20-inmates-in-travis-countys-del-valle-jail-have-tested-positive-for-covid Andrew Weber Between A Vacated Sentence And 'Actual Innocence,' A Houston Man Remains In Limbo /texas/2017-12-28/between-a-vacated-sentence-and-actual-innocence-a-houston-man-remains-in-limbo From Texas Standard.Innocent until proven guilty is a core principle of the U.S. legal system. But what happens when you鈥檙e no longer considered guilty,鈥� Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:27:13 GMT /texas/2017-12-28/between-a-vacated-sentence-and-actual-innocence-a-houston-man-remains-in-limbo Jill Ament Violent Crime Is Down In Texas, But The Number Of Women In Jail Is On The Rise /texas/2017-12-06/violent-crime-is-down-in-texas-but-the-number-of-women-in-jail-is-on-the-rise From Texas Standard.The Dallas Morning News conducted an investigation this summer about what happens to kids after a mother鈥檚 arrest. In the process,鈥� Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:33:44 GMT /texas/2017-12-06/violent-crime-is-down-in-texas-but-the-number-of-women-in-jail-is-on-the-rise Laura Rice, Jill Ament Supreme Court Upholds Ruling That Houston Bail System Discriminates Against Poor /texas/2017-06-08/supreme-court-upholds-ruling-that-houston-bail-system-discriminates-against-poor From Texas Standard:For more than a year, Harris County has been caught in a legal drama over how it jails inmates who cannot afford to pay bail. The U.S.鈥� Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:12:46 GMT /texas/2017-06-08/supreme-court-upholds-ruling-that-houston-bail-system-discriminates-against-poor Jill Ament The Feds Are Trying to Dismantle This White Supremacist Group /texas/2016-08-09/the-feds-are-trying-to-dismantle-this-white-supremacist-group From Texas Standard:The U.S. Justice Department has handed out over 900 years of prison time to members of white supremacist group the Aryan Brotherhood鈥� Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:00:00 GMT /texas/2016-08-09/the-feds-are-trying-to-dismantle-this-white-supremacist-group Alain Stephens | The Trace AG真人百家乐 County Jail Faces Growing Mental Health Crisis /austin/2016-01-07/travis-county-jail-faces-growing-mental-health-crisis From the Austin Monitor: AG真人百家乐 County has seen an astonishing rise in the number of inmates dealing with mental health issues in the past decade.That鈥� Thu, 07 Jan 2016 18:42:46 GMT /austin/2016-01-07/travis-county-jail-faces-growing-mental-health-crisis Caleb Pritchard