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30 Aug 2011, 12:01 pm
When he took her back to her ward, she called the rape crisis line and then police. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 4:56 am
Reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:"I think several hundred would be a good start, as soon as they can," said state Rep. [read post]
13 May 2010, 4:59 am
Interim budget cuts for state agencies including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will be released tomorrow, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Prison health care could be cut with budget," May 13):state agencies are awaiting word on just how much they will have to cut from their current budgets to make up for expected shortfalls this year — around $1.7 billion in reductions that are expected to be unveiled Friday. ...Prison officials reportedly… [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 12:19 pm
In this morning’s Austin American Statesman, the always excellent Mike Ward (and I don’t say that just because our daughters are in the same class and Girl Scout Troop) has an article detailing a movement pushing for the adoption of a “DWI Lite” crime. [read post]
14 Aug 2016, 9:05 pm
When Outrage and Comedy Collide [on demand, Greg Lukianoff] More on the fining of comedian Mike Ward by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal [Guardian, earlier] “It is not ‘freedom of the press’ when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false! [read post]
15 May 2012, 5:31 am
Moreover, the lawsuits and changes that ended use of many adult corrections practices among juveniles were largely spawned from reporting from people like Mike Ward, for example in a 2007 article voicing extensive criticisms of pepper spray use in juvenile facilities.Further, the 1984 Morales v. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 4:53 pm
Eroy Brown, a TDCJ prisoner serving time in a South Carolina prison to protect him from state retaliation, is up for parole, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Brown case highlights reluctance to parole long-time offenders," Jan. 18). [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 7:34 am
On August 11, Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman published a piece titled "Texas prison population shrinks as rehabilitation programs take root. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 7:19 am
Mike Ward at the Statesman today has an article titled "Lawmakers might scrap or revamp state jail system" which relates a development covered last week on Grits: A suggestion at the House Corrections Committee to eliminate or radically modify the state jail system. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 8:13 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports on the allegedly muddled implementation and backlash against a new program to provide housing for long-time inmates who are eligible for parole but had no place to go ("Housing program for ex-cons not working as intended, some lawmakers say," Aug. 15). [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 5:34 am
The Texas Youth Commission earned the ire of legislators and many of its employees this week with revelations that the agency gave raises to its highest paid central office staff, all of whom make over $100K, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman. [read post]
6 May 2010, 5:20 am
A contraband ring broken up at the Coffield Unit in Palestine shows how inmates, prison staff and family members on the outside combine to engage in illicit smuggling, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:Troubling new details surfaced Wednesday about the depth of illegal smuggling inside Texas' massive prison system, including revealing glimpses into how convicts may be operating drug- and money-laundering rackets with the help of guards and family members.The new… [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 4:52 am
Attorney Gary Cohen told Ward, "If they had (changed the policy) years ago, as they should have, they would have saved a lot of money and litigation. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 5:22 am
At the Austin Statesman, Mike Ward has a story today following up on a subject first raised last month on Grits: The potential to have Texas prisoners' hospital costs covered by the federal Medicaid program beginning in 2014 under "Obamacare. [read post]
18 May 2012, 7:10 am
" It's written by Mike Ward. [read post]
25 May 2010, 4:56 am
Reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:After visiting a once-violent Louisiana prison that is now ranked as one of the most tame thanks to a minister-training program, two key state senators today proposed bringing the concept to Texas. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 9:30 am
There’s Mike and Carol and the six kids, but what about Alice? [read post]
9 May 2010, 11:17 am
Federal inmates already had email privileges, but apparently the Texas Legislature didn't realize they'd authorized the same thing, reports Mike Ward at the Statesman ("Inmates get email? [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 1:45 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has an excellent piece this morning describing in detail how investigators believe cell phones and other contraband were smuggled onto Texas death row ("Texas prison cell phone smuggling blamed on inmate rings," Feb. 15):Instead of the phone being smuggled by a single corrupt guard, as originally thought, investigators now say it and dozens of others might have been put in the hands of Texas' worst killers by an intricate network of… [read post]
17 May 2012, 3:06 am
Yesterday, Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman had a story on recently rising parole rates ("Parole rates surge to avoid unsupervised released," May 16, based on trends reported on Grits in April. [read post]
