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No child care licenses for baby jails! Call to stop SB1018!
April 28, 2017 by Bethany N. Carson
*UPDATE 5/4 - Texas legislators have voted a bill out of committee, and it could be heard on the floor as soon as TUESDAY. Please call today!
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Grassroots Leadership's latest publication lays the groundwork for a new program area
April 25, 2017 by Cate Graziani
Grassroots Leadership is excited to release Beyond Alternatives to Incarceration and Confinement, which lays the groundwork for a new project area to fight the Treatment Industrial Complex. Our work exposing the TIC has shed light on the private prison profiteers who built billion dollar empires as partners in tough on crime policies and who are now adapting to reforms by rebranding themselves as humane treatment providers and reentry experts. Read more about Grassroots Leadership's latest publication lays the groundwork for a new program area
Texas Prison Bid'ness:Private prison working on permits to demolish existing parts as they look to reopen notorious facility
April 25, 2017
Willacy County Regional Detention Facility
On Monday, Management and Training Corporation (MTC) went with Raymondville officials to inspect the facility as they work to reopen the Willacy County Detention Center. Following the inspection, MTC officials said they plan to demolish ten prison tents that were damaged in a 2015 prisoner uprising. Eleazar Garcia, Raymondville's city manager, said MTC required permits to tear down the structures. Garcia said it would take about a day to process the permits.
Raymondville officials hope that the reopening of the facility will lead to a rebuilding of their economy. The facility could bring between 150 and 200 jobs to Raymondville.
