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9 Jun 2020, 1:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"Judges violate Abbott executive order without consequenceSome judges in Harris County are releasing inmates in violation of Greg Abbott's executive order on jails when they would otherwise be eligible for release based on good-time credits. [read post]
7 Jun 2020, 5:31 pm by David Super
  Governmental immunity doctrine frees police departments from responsibility for unlawful violence done in their names, reducing the likelihood that city or county councils will intervene to demand structural reforms. [read post]
6 Jun 2020, 12:23 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
At the time, I was Police Accountability Project Director at ACLU of Texas; check out a series of posters we commissioned about the Torres case Tarrant County Jail dinged for ignoring health concernsThe Tarrant County Jail briefly lost its state certification last month after a man died and inspectors discovered jailers had failed to check on him regularly per state protocols. [read post]
29 May 2020, 5:36 am by Matthew Fischer
This order comes in response to the class action lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania, filed on April 7, 2020, on behalf of three people awaiting trial at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, arguing that they were placed in conditions that increased the likelihood of contracting COVID-19. [read post]
26 May 2020, 1:22 pm by John Rubin
He was subsequently charged with taking indecent liberties with his fifteen-year-old niece and absconding to Caldwell County. [read post]
26 May 2020, 12:16 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
After a three-month hiatus while your correspondent underwent throat-cancer treatment, here's the May 2020 episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast, co-hosted as always by me and Mandy Marzullo. [read post]
25 May 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
And in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, more than 230 inmates and 115 staff members have tested positive, even as the majority of inmates have not been tested at all.The Marshall Project reports that across the nation “By May 13, at least 25,239 people in prison had tested positive for the illness, a 25 percent increase from the week before. [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
His girlfriend was taken into custody, held almost 48 hours without ever being booked into the jail, but ultimately was released.These advocates weren't the only one finally fed up with Austin PD and their mealy-mouthed approach to dealing with the community. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 7:18 am by Amy Starnes
Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice will consider supporting lawsuits when states go too far in restricting commerce and civil liberties in the fight against COVID-19. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 6:47 am by Amy Starnes
— The Texas Tribune Texas prisons won’t accept new county jail inmates as coronavirus spreads in lockups — The Texas Department of Justice sent a letter to county sheriffs announcing the new policy Saturday. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 9:49 am by Tyler Gillett
” The governor’s order comes a week after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for a similar release of prisoners from all county jails throughout the state. [read post]
9 Apr 2020, 6:47 am by Phil Dixon
In this Catawba County case, the defendant pled guilty to five counts of indecent liberties with a minor in lieu of other related charges, including possession of child pornography and other sexual assaults on children. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 3:36 pm by Tyler Gillett
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to order the release from county jails certain classes of persons in response to possible covid-19 outbreaks. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 10:41 am by Amy Starnes
— The Dallas Morning News McLennan County courts convert to videoconferencing with COVID-19 restrictions — McLennan County’s two felony court judges, Matt Johnson and Ralph Strother, have set up videoconferences in an attempt to keep their dockets moving somewhat and to assist in easing the jail population. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 4:25 am by Erin McCarthy Holliday
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed an emergency petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday seeking the release of some in the Commonwealth’s county jails—what the petition argues is a necessary measure to allow jails space to follow CDC-recommended safe social distancing practices to prepare for COVID-19. [read post]
  As not all Texas counties have operating websites, counsel should contact the courts in those counties by telephone. [read post]
  As not all Texas counties have operating websites, counsel should contact the courts in those counties by telephone. [read post]