JAIL PROJECT OF TEXAS dba Texas Jail Project
Cypress, Texas
The mission of Texas Jail Project is to empower incarcerated people in county jails by lifting their voices through stories, testimonies, and community building. We hold jails as well as the entire criminal punishment system accountable—informing the public and lawmakers about civil rights violations, structural racism, and the punitive attitudes underlying the mistreatment and medical neglect inside Texas county jails.
Our work at the Texas Jail Project is to:
improve the treatment of the approximately 65,000 people—mothers, fathers, brothers, sons, sisters, daughters, and friends—who are incarcerated in Texas county jails on any given day;
provide information to Texans seeking strategies and solutions for loved ones enduring neglect and poor medical care in county jails;
give voice to inmates and the loved ones of people in jails, to ensure that the problems are recognized and that ... Devamını Oku
