The Nurse in the Montague County Jail
By Mechell Dixon, March 15, 2013, KFDX The nurse for the Montague County jail is charged with fraternizing with an inmate. Twenty-five year old Kendra Reid was booked in the Montague County Jail for...
View ArticleBosque County Jail Death Ruled Suicide
By REGINA DENNIS Waco Tribune An inmate found dead in a Bosque County Jail cell in May committed suicide, according to an autopsy report. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that...
View ArticleWomen in local jails & mental disorders
From this study: “There are important mental health differences between incarcerated women and women in general. For example, 12% of females in the general population have symptoms of a mental...
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Texas Criticized in UN Report on Shackling of Incarcerated Pregnant Women
ICCPR Shackling Report – Final 9.3.13 Attachments ICCPR Shackling Report - Final 9.3.13 (569 kB)
View ArticlePregnancy Health Care Rights—CA & TX
In California, as in Texas, they are fighting for the rights of the incarcerated women who are pregnant! Here is an article from the powerful prisoners’ rights group Legal Services for Prisoners with...
View ArticleInvestigate Sandra’s death!
Amy Kamp, July 21, 2015, Austin Chronicle Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis announced yesterday, July 20, that his office is opening an investigation into whether the death of Sandra Bland...
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Widespread abuse of pregnant inmates
At Texas Jail Project, we’ve always been disheartened by jail staff and officials who automatically assume that all complaints coming from a pregnant woman—or from any prisoner for that matter—are...
View ArticleThe Austin Chronicle Best of Austin 2015 – Best Justice for Mamas Behind...
For the first time ever, Texas county jails will be required to report on how they care for pregnant inmates – to ‘fess up about food, bedding, and medical care. That’s thanks to hard work by the Texas...
View ArticlePregnant in Nacogdoches County Jail
Pregnant for the first time at 33, Alice* was seeing a doctor and committed to a healthy pregnancy. Although she had longstanding mental health problems and substance use, she was prioritizing the...
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Harris County Jail: A Nutritional Survey of Pregnant Inmates
Report by Kristin Sadler, June, 2012, graduate student in the school of Social Work, University of Houston Analysis by Krishnaveni Gundu, researcher and writer for Texas Jail Project, September, 2012...
View ArticleThe Nurse in the Montague County Jail
By Mechell Dixon, March 15, 2013, KFDX The nurse for the Montague County jail is charged with fraternizing with an inmate. Twenty-five year old Kendra Reid was booked in the Montague County Jail for...
View ArticleBosque County Jail Death Ruled Suicide
By REGINA DENNIS Waco Tribune An inmate found dead in a Bosque County Jail cell in May committed suicide, according to an autopsy report. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that...
View ArticleWomen in local jails & mental disorders
From this study: “There are important mental health differences between incarcerated women and women in general. For example, 12% of females in the general population have symptoms of a mental...
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Texas Criticized in UN Report on Shackling of Incarcerated Pregnant Women
ICCPR Shackling Report – Final 9.3.13
View ArticlePregnancy Health Care Rights—CA & TX
In California, as in Texas, they are fighting for the rights of the incarcerated women who are pregnant! Here is an article from the powerful prisoners’ rights group Legal Services for Prisoners with...
View ArticleInvestigate Sandra’s death!
Amy Kamp, July 21, 2015, Austin Chronicle Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis announced yesterday, July 20, that his office is opening an investigation into whether the death of Sandra Bland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Widespread abuse of pregnant inmates
At Texas Jail Project, we’ve always been disheartened by jail staff and officials who automatically assume that all complaints coming from a pregnant woman—or from any prisoner for that matter—are...
View ArticleThe Austin Chronicle Best of Austin 2015 – Best Justice for Mamas Behind Bars
For the first time ever, Texas county jails will be required to report on how they care for pregnant inmates – to ‘fess up about food, bedding, and medical care. That’s thanks to hard work by the Texas...
View ArticlePregnant in Nacogdoches County Jail
Pregnant for the first time at 33, Alice* was seeing a doctor and committed to a healthy pregnancy. Although she had longstanding mental health problems and substance use, she was prioritizing the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Harris County Jail: A Nutritional Survey of Pregnant Inmates
Report by Kristin Sadler, June, 2012, graduate student in the school of Social Work, University of Houston Analysis by Krishnaveni Gundu, researcher and writer for Texas Jail Project, September, 2012...
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