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American Civil Liberties Union of Texas

Sat, 03/24/2007 - 04:44 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.aclutx.org/projects/prisons.php

The Prison and Jail Accountability Project of the ACLU is dedicated to making Texas prisons and jails safe and humane places to live and work.

They monitor prisons and jails by tracking the conditions of confinement, and receive thousands of letters every year from prisoners and their families.

Detention Watch Network

Sat, 06/30/2007 - 02:40 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/
The Detention Watch Network (DWN) is the only national coalition in the United States that addresses the detention crisis head-on and helps detainees and their loved ones make their voices heard. Formed in 1997 in response to the rapid growth of the immigration detention system in the United States, DWN is a network of individuals and organizations working in support of, and in service to, immigrants in detention. Check out their map of ICE detention locations (many of them private prisons) at http://detentionwatchnetwork.org/dwn_map.

Free the Children (MySpace)

Sat, 06/30/2007 - 02:52 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=171847...
Information and opportunities to take action to free the children locked up in the T. Don Hutto prison.

Grassroots Leadership

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 10:57 — Bob
Website URL: 
http://www.grassrootsleadership.org
Grassroots Leadership is a 28 year-old Southern-based social justice organization that organizes against private prisons, jails, and detention centers.  Grassroots Leadership staffer Bob Libal and research intern Nick Hudson and board member Nicole Porter contribute to Texas Prison Bid'ness. 

Grits for Breakfast

Sun, 04/15/2007 - 02:23 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/

Scott Henson's observations of most everything going on at the Texas legislature regarding prisons, jails, crime and the injustice of Texas' criminal justice system.

Latina Lista

Sat, 06/30/2007 - 01:03 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.latinalista.net/palabrafinal/
A viewpoint on anything and everything from a Latina perspective -- good coverage of Texas immigration issues.

Partnership for Safety and Justice

Fri, 03/23/2007 - 18:29 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.safetyandjustice.org

Based in Oregon, Partnership for Safety and Justice brings together people who have been convicted of crimes, survivors of crime, and the families of both to change our criminal justice system.

You can check out their articles on prison privatization.

Private Corrections Institute

Tue, 03/27/2007 - 10:59 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.privateci.org

News, reports and resources on correctional privatization from all over the world. This service is provided to inform our members, legislators and the public about the problems with for-profit private corrections.

Check out their rap sheet, with information about the histories of specific private prison companies.

Private Prison Watch

Sat, 07/25/2009 - 13:10 — Andrew

Private Prison Watch is a blog that follows National trends and scandals in the private prison industry with the goal of keeping the companies accountable for their actions.

Real Cost of Prisons Project

Sun, 05/13/2007 - 21:10 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.realcostofprisons.org
Real Cost of Prisons Project works to strengthen and deepen the organizing capacity of grassroots prison/justice activists, to provide a social, economic and political context for understanding mass incarceration and to broaden public understanding of the economic and social consequences of mass incarceration.

Stand Down Texas

Sun, 04/15/2007 - 02:32 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://standdown.typepad.com/

A site covering death penalty issues in Texas.

Tent City

Thu, 06/28/2007 - 17:57 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://tentcityinraymondville.blogspot.com/
A blog keeping track of the Willacy Detention Center in Raymondville, the largest immigrant detention center in the United States.

Texas Civil Rights Review

Sat, 06/30/2007 - 02:47 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/
Coverage of various Texas civil rights issues, including extensive coverage of T. Don Hutto private prison.

Texas Jail Project

Mon, 10/12/2009 - 11:56 — Bob
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Website URL: 
http://texasjailproject.org/

The Texas Jail Project is dedicated to improving the conditions for approximately 70,000 people—mothers, fathers, brothers, sons, sisters and daughters—incarcerated in Texas jails on any given day.  TJP formed to improve conditions for incarcerated women and men by publicizing the widespread abuse and neglect in the more than 250 county facilities in Texas

The Back Gate

Sun, 04/15/2007 - 02:32 — Kathleen
Website URL: 
http://www.thebackgate.com

Observations of workers in the prison system, with a stated commitment to "the fair and ethical treatment of offenders in our care." They track legislative developments and media stories about Texas prisons, and they don't pay too rosy of a picture.