What We're Reading
News that caught our attention or cited the Texas Justice Initiative from across the Lone Star State and beyond.
Court Ruling Paves Way for Wrongful Death Suit in 2013 UIW Police Shooting
Published on May 22, 2020Via the Rivard Report: In a recent decision, Texas Supreme Court justices "upheld an appeals court ruling that UIW is not a governmental unit and therefore would not be subject to sovereign immunity from being sued in connection with its law enforcement activities."
On the Media: Cruel and Unusual
Published on April 26, 2020In Brooke Gladstone's interview with Ashley Rubin, a prison scholar and professor of sociology at the University of Hawaii Mānoa, the two discuss the American penal system's complicated history with disease.
Fallen Officers From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published on April 15, 2020A working list of law enforcement officers who have died after contracting COVID-19 throughout the U.S., compiled by the Officer Down Memorial Page.
This Chart Shows Why The Prison Population Is So Vulnerable to COVID-19
Published on March 19, 2020The Marshall Project explores the characteristics of individuals inside of U.S. prisons, and what makes them particularly vulnerable to contracting a disease like the Coronavirus.
How criminal justice systems are responding to the coronavirus outbreak
Published on March 12, 2020The Boston-based Crime and Justice Institute is maintaining a roundup of what jails and prisons in each state are doing in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.