/tags/inmates Inmates en-US Copyright Mon, 13 May 2024 21:20:27 GMT /news/2024-05-13/when-texas-jails-issue-tablets-it-comes-at-cost-for-inmates-and-families A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use. Mon, 13 May 2024 21:20:27 GMT /news/2024-05-13/when-texas-jails-issue-tablets-it-comes-at-cost-for-inmates-and-families Pooja Salhotra | The Texas Tribune /government/2023-10-23/siren-call-medstar-finances-rocky-as-ambulance-rides-for-tarrant-inmates-go-unpaid People in Tarrant County’s jails get sick like everyone else. For the smaller things, they can get care from inside the jail. But when dire emergencies strike, correctional health staff call an ambulance. That’s where the problem starts. Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:21:37 GMT /government/2023-10-23/siren-call-medstar-finances-rocky-as-ambulance-rides-for-tarrant-inmates-go-unpaid Emily Wolf | Fort Worth Report /criminal-justice/2022-10-20/204-people-in-texas-were-killed-by-intimate-partners-in-2021 The number of deaths by firearm have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and accounted for 75% of the homicides reported in 2021, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2022-10-20/204-people-in-texas-were-killed-by-intimate-partners-in-2021 Sean Saldana /texas-news/2022-06-07/texas-suspends-most-transportation-of-inmates-while-it-reviews-convicted-murderers-escape The review comes after Gonzalo Lopez escaped from a prison bus last month. Authorities say he killed a family of five before they found and killed him. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2022-06-07/texas-suspends-most-transportation-of-inmates-while-it-reviews-convicted-murderers-escape Ariana Perez-Castells | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2022-05-16/four-days-after-audacious-escape-from-prison-bus-texas-still-hasnt-found-convicted-murderer Officials are still trying to piece together how Gonzalo Lopez managed to cut through a metal door and hijack a prison bus Thursday. An extensive manhunt continues in Leon County. Mon, 16 May 2022 21:45:00 GMT /texas-news/2022-05-16/four-days-after-audacious-escape-from-prison-bus-texas-still-hasnt-found-convicted-murderer Jolie McCullough | The Texas Tribune /2018-08-21/inmates-plan-to-hold-weeks-long-strike-at-prisons-across-u-s Organizers say the demonstrations, which are expected to include hunger strikes and a refusal to work, are in response to a riot at a South Carolina prison in which seven inmates died. Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:56:00 GMT /2018-08-21/inmates-plan-to-hold-weeks-long-strike-at-prisons-across-u-s Merrit Kennedy /texas-news/2018-01-22/poor-inmates-sue-dallas-county-over-bail-system-following-harris-county-ruling On the heels of a federal ruling slamming Harris County for its bail practices, civil rights lawyers have now set their sights on a county with a similar… Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:11:20 GMT /texas-news/2018-01-22/poor-inmates-sue-dallas-county-over-bail-system-following-harris-county-ruling Jolie McCullough | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2018-01-10/dallas-county-to-overhaul-bond-system-to-release-low-risk-women-from-jail Dallas County officials are beginning to overhaul their bond system to allow inmates to be released based on their risk level to the public instead of… Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:24:56 GMT /texas-news/2018-01-10/dallas-county-to-overhaul-bond-system-to-release-low-risk-women-from-jail Associated Press, ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº /2017-10-23/texas-pays-wrongfully-convicted-inmates-more-than-any-other-state-but-can-it-keep-that-up From Texas Standard: Texas’ reputation as a law-and-order state often overshadows the fact that the state leads the nation in some aspects of criminal... Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:22:17 GMT /2017-10-23/texas-pays-wrongfully-convicted-inmates-more-than-any-other-state-but-can-it-keep-that-up Jill Ament | Texas Standard /texas-news/2015-08-11/texas-inmate-beard-policy-will-not-cost-taxpayers-extra Taxpayers will not have to bear the costs of a new beard policy for inmates after all.Last week, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it was… Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:20:15 GMT /texas-news/2015-08-11/texas-inmate-beard-policy-will-not-cost-taxpayers-extra Terri Langford Texas Tribune