What We're Reading
News that caught our attention or cited the Texas Justice Initiative from across the Lone Star State and beyond.
COVID-19 strikes a Texas nursing home for prisoners
Published on July 9, 2020Executive Director Eva Ruth Moravec and TJI Data Analyst Margarita Bronshteyn analyze the novel coronavirus' impact on a geriatric prison in Texas where 70% of the men who are incarcerated have tested positive for COVID-19, and 11 have died.
Reform vs. Rebuild: Defunding Law Enforcement in Texas
Published on July 8, 2020Michael Barajas cites TJI data in this piece on Texas' experiences in reforming the use of deadly force in law enforcement.
How the Federal Government Lost Track of Deaths in Custody
Published on June 24, 2020Ethan Corey dives deep into the history of federal efforts to collect data on custodial deaths and why they haven't lived up to expectations for The Appeal.
Want to reform the police? Hire more women
Published on June 23, 2020CNN analyzed data from four of the few metropolitan police departments that publish data about the gender of the officers involved in use of force incidents. In all four cities, female officers were involved in a smaller percentage of incidents than their share of the department. Texas cities were not studied, but the findings are consistent with TJI's previous findings.
One in four killed in Texas law enforcement homicides are black
Published on June 9, 2020Executive Director Eva Ruth Moravec examines TJI's data to analyze the deaths of black individuals killed by Texas law enforcement before they are booked in jail.