/tags/incarceration Incarceration en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 23:01:53 GMT /crime-justice/2022-02-02/federal-prisons-remain-locked-down-days-after-2-incarcerated-people-were-killed-in-beaumont More than 120 federal prisons nationwide are unable to participate in special programs and recreation, have visitation with lawyers or family, or get hot meals at the cafeteria, according to a federal public defender. Wed, 02 Feb 2022 23:01:53 GMT /crime-justice/2022-02-02/federal-prisons-remain-locked-down-days-after-2-incarcerated-people-were-killed-in-beaumont Caroline Love /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 /texas/2019-09-12/convicted-at-12-years-old-edwin-debrow-reenters-the-free-world-at-age-40 From Texas Standard:In late August, Edwin Debrow left a Texas state prison at age 40, after spending almost 28 years incarcerated. He was convicted of� Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:31:53 GMT /texas/2019-09-12/convicted-at-12-years-old-edwin-debrow-reenters-the-free-world-at-age-40 Michael Marks /crime-justice/2019-06-19/commentary-freedoms-promise-is-still-denied-to-thousands-of-blacks-unable-to-make-bail June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in� Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:02:00 GMT /crime-justice/2019-06-19/commentary-freedoms-promise-is-still-denied-to-thousands-of-blacks-unable-to-make-bail Matthew Larson for The Conversation /crime-justice/2018-04-24/women-incarcerated-in-texas-have-fewer-opportunities-than-men-report-finds Incarcerated women in Texas have access to fewer educational and vocational programs compared to incarcerated men, a new study finds.The study, released� Wed, 25 Apr 2018 02:34:09 GMT /crime-justice/2018-04-24/women-incarcerated-in-texas-have-fewer-opportunities-than-men-report-finds DaLyah Jones /life-arts/2017-07-21/inside-books-project-offers-texas-inmates-an-escape Jorge Renaud sits at a table in a dim room lit by string lights. He is surrounded by shelves of books, hunched over a box with dozens of letters from� Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:27:57 GMT /life-arts/2017-07-21/inside-books-project-offers-texas-inmates-an-escape Micaela Ross