Winning the Campaign: State Trends in Fighting the Treatment of Children As Adults in the Criminal Justice System
“Winning the Campaign: State Trends in Fighting the Treatment of Children As Adults in the Criminal Justice System" finds that the number of children prosecuted as adults has plummeted over the past 15 years, and more laws passed and implemented over the past three years are likely to reduce those numbers further.
New report reveals the devastating toll of COVID-19 in Texas prisons and jails.
80% of people who died from COVID-19 in county jails in Texas, were pretrial and not convicted of a crime. Additionally, 58% of the people who died from COVID in Texas were eligible for parole at the time of their death. Texas’ failure to reduce prison populations and improve sanitary conditions is unacceptable.
Read this devastating report on the impact COVID-19 has had on prisons across the country, and especially in Texas by Michele Deitch.
This report by Texas Criminal Justice Coalition presents the profiles of people directly impacted by Texas' failure to RAISE THE AGE.
Second Look for Justice, Safety & Savings
Read this report that focuses on addressing rehabilitated youth who are serving extreme sentences in adult prisons with little hope of ever being released. "Second Look: For Justice, Safety & Savings" provides a comprehensive background on the history of extreme juvenile sentencing and the extent to which Texas is a harsh outlier.