Listed here are just a few odds and ends which benefit Grits readers' consideration whereas mine is targeted elsewhere: Cease jailing Te...
Listed here are just a few odds and ends which benefit Grits readers' consideration whereas mine is targeted elsewhere:
Cease jailing Texans for debt
The Texas Tribune's Jonathan Silver has a story on the ramifications of HB 1125 by Rep. James White, mentioned earlier on Grits here, which might forbid arrests for nonpayment of Class C misdemeanor fines. Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa filed a companion on the jap facet of the constructing. Using jail to gather debt was the topic of an excellent recent report from our buddies on the Texas Honest Protection Venture and Texas Appleseed. That doc makes the case for this laws higher than I might in just a few sentences, so test it out for extra background. Nice invoice.
First have a look at jail oversight
The Home Corrections Committee this afternoon will hear HB 1421 by Rep. Jarvis Johnson to create an unbiased ombudsman for TDCJ akin to the one aimed toward juvenile services which was created after the 2007 sex-assault scandals. Borris Miles has the companion within the senate. Any skepticism I've had over the mannequin has been way back quelled by how the ombudsman features on the juvenile facet. And after repeated tales of inmates dying for lack of an bronchial asthma inhaler, heat related deaths, or being overwhelmed or starved or sexually assaulted, Grits is satisfied that is the easiest way to get a deal with on the sprawling company's issues. No fiscal be aware has been posted as of this writing, however monetary arguments could be the proposal's Achilles heel in a session with budgetary pink ink flowing like wine. One could make a powerful argument it might lower your expenses in the long run - an oz. of prevention being price a pound of treatment - however possibly not within the first two-year cycle.
Harris to offer attorneys for the poor at bail hearings
The set up of public defenders at bail hearings for the indigent in Harris County is a serious step ahead. This might have by no means occurred with out litigation from the Texas Honest Protection Venture and Civil Rights Corps. Now that the difficulty is out within the open, the Legislature ought to require it statewide.
Extra element on new Harris County pot guidelines
Not everybody benefits.
For the info geeks
Some new BJS publications for the info nerds amongst you:
The phrase "penal populism" is new to me, however the idea is acquainted. Wikipedia defines it because the "course of whereby the main political events compete with one another to be 'robust on crime'." This academic article argues that penal populism corrupts democratic establishments and wastes sources on counterproductive and even dangerous punishment measures, constituting an "assault on the lengthy established hyperlink between motive and trendy punishment." Yup.
Cease jailing Texans for debt
The Texas Tribune's Jonathan Silver has a story on the ramifications of HB 1125 by Rep. James White, mentioned earlier on Grits here, which might forbid arrests for nonpayment of Class C misdemeanor fines. Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa filed a companion on the jap facet of the constructing. Using jail to gather debt was the topic of an excellent recent report from our buddies on the Texas Honest Protection Venture and Texas Appleseed. That doc makes the case for this laws higher than I might in just a few sentences, so test it out for extra background. Nice invoice.
First have a look at jail oversight
The Home Corrections Committee this afternoon will hear HB 1421 by Rep. Jarvis Johnson to create an unbiased ombudsman for TDCJ akin to the one aimed toward juvenile services which was created after the 2007 sex-assault scandals. Borris Miles has the companion within the senate. Any skepticism I've had over the mannequin has been way back quelled by how the ombudsman features on the juvenile facet. And after repeated tales of inmates dying for lack of an bronchial asthma inhaler, heat related deaths, or being overwhelmed or starved or sexually assaulted, Grits is satisfied that is the easiest way to get a deal with on the sprawling company's issues. No fiscal be aware has been posted as of this writing, however monetary arguments could be the proposal's Achilles heel in a session with budgetary pink ink flowing like wine. One could make a powerful argument it might lower your expenses in the long run - an oz. of prevention being price a pound of treatment - however possibly not within the first two-year cycle.
Harris to offer attorneys for the poor at bail hearings
The set up of public defenders at bail hearings for the indigent in Harris County is a serious step ahead. This might have by no means occurred with out litigation from the Texas Honest Protection Venture and Civil Rights Corps. Now that the difficulty is out within the open, the Legislature ought to require it statewide.
Extra element on new Harris County pot guidelines
Not everybody benefits.
For the info geeks
Some new BJS publications for the info nerds amongst you:
- Jail Inmates in 2015
- Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015
- Prisoners in 2015
- Probation and Parole in the United States, 2015
The phrase "penal populism" is new to me, however the idea is acquainted. Wikipedia defines it because the "course of whereby the main political events compete with one another to be 'robust on crime'." This academic article argues that penal populism corrupts democratic establishments and wastes sources on counterproductive and even dangerous punishment measures, constituting an "assault on the lengthy established hyperlink between motive and trendy punishment." Yup.
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