The bill addresses many of the conditions of the state’s incarcerated women. It would also require the department to offer up to 10 free feminine hygiene products to women each day.
James White
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas officials say it would cost $1 billion to cool prisons – but they’ve grossly overestimated AC costs before
An estimate to put air conditioning into one prison changed from more than $20 million to $4 million last year.
![Evelyn Fulbright attended the Women's [In]Justice Day rally March 8 on the south steps of the Capitol.](https://i0.wp.com/www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/05_Women_Prisons_March_MG-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1)
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Criminal Justice
As number of imprisoned Texas women grows, lawmakers hope to add “dignity” to their time behind bars
Multiple bills filed this session aim to address deficiencies in women’s prisons.
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Texas Legislature 2019
After Texas’ second Supreme Court loss in a death penalty case, reform bill lands key GOP support
The chairs of two House committees signed on as joint authors of a bill that would set the method of determining if a capital murder defendant is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for execution.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Built with rehabilitation in mind, Texas state jails are now viewed by lawmakers as a “complete failure”
State jails were created to help low-level drug offenders get treatment. But they offer few rehabilitative services, and their inmates are more likely to reoffend.
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State Government
Conservative group planted an intern in state lawmaker’s office, former intern testifies
In addition to taking covert videos of Texas lawmakers in 2015, the American Phoenix Foundation allegedly planted an intern in state Rep. James White’s office in 2013 in an attempt to catch the Hillister Republican engaging in fraud.
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State Government
Thompson and White on CPS, public ed, mass incarceration (video)
Full video of Evan Smith’s 3/31 conversation with state Reps. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and James White, R-Hillister.
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Criminal Justice
2015 Tribune Festival: Audio From the Justice Track
The Justice track at the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on criminal justice reform, the Legislature, open carry, and gay rights and states’ rights. There was also a conversation with several Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judges.
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Politics
Video: God & Governing at the LBJ Presidential Library
Watch Tribune Editor Emily Ramshaw interview state Reps. David Simpson, R-Longview; Donna Howard, D-Austin; James White, R-Woodville; and Celia Israel, D-Austin on the role faith plays in the legislative process.
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Criminal Justice
Livestream: The Future of Criminal Justice Policy
We’re livestreaming our conversation on the future of criminal justice in Texas at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.