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December 16, 2024
Parole Reform in Texas: Recommendations to Achieve Forward-Looking Justice 2024
A 2024 report by the UT Law Civil Rights Clinic and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law explores how changes to parole could help reduce incarceration rates in Texas. Texas’ incarceration rate surpasses that of the United States, even as studies show how a high incarceration rate harms communities, rather than reducing […] -
December 16, 2024
Bound Knowledge: The Impact of Book Bans on Incarcerated Women and LGBTQIA+ People in Texas 2024
The UT Law Civil Rights Clinic, in partnership with the Civil Rights Clinic at Texas A&M University School of Law and Lioness Justice Impacted Alliance, published a report in 2024 revealing how Texas’ restrictions on certain books and material in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities impact people who are incarcerated, particularly women and LGBTQ+ […] -
February 7, 2024
In December 2023, the Texas Civil Rights Project and the Civil Rights Clinic released a report detailing the detailing the extreme harms done by placing people who are incarcerated in solitary confinement. The report explains why the practice is dangerous, what factors allow the practice to continue, and how solitary confinement leaves lasting physical and […] -
April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021: The Civil Rights Clinic and the Texas Black Caucus Foundation released a report detailing recommendations for digital inclusion efforts aimed at increasing broadband and computer access and adoption for all Texans. Both state and national data show that low-income households, school-age children, communities of color, older adults, and people with disabilities have […] -
April 14, 2021
Strengthening Harm Reduction Services For People Who Use Drugs In Texas 2021
January 2021: The Civil Rights Clinic and the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance released a report detailing the availability and benefits of harm reduction-based health services for people who use drugs. The report explains why health services such as syringe service programs, medication-assisted treatment, testing for HIV and HCV (Hepatitis C) are critical to prevent overdose […] -
January 26, 2021
Clinic and Advocates Release Report on Strengthening Harm Reduction Services in Texas 2021
January 26, 2021 – The Civil Rights Clinic and the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance released a report detailing the availability and benefits of harm reduction-based health services for people who use drugs. The report explains why health services such as syringe service programs, medication-assisted treatment, testing for HIV and HCV (Hepatitis C) are critical to […] -
September 30, 2020
Research Summary to the Texas Legislature on Elderly Prisoners and Medical Costs
September 30, 2020 – Students in the Civil Rights Clinic along with Helen Gaebler, Senior Research Attorney with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, sent a letter to a subcommittee of the Texas House of Representatives. The letter, provided in response to a request for information, summarized research and data showing that […] -
May 7, 2020
April 2020: The Clinic along with attorneys from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid represented six women who are medically vulnerable due to their age and medical conditions in a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seeking release from a civil immigration detention facility in El Paso that had several confirmed cases of COVID-19. The women […] -
February 18, 2020
Clinic and Advocates Release Report on Reducing Harmful Drug Arrests in Travis County
February 18, 2020 – The Civil Rights Clinic along with Grassroots Leadership, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, and Texas Harm Reduction Alliance released a report detailing how Travis County arrests for drug possession harm community members, worsen racial disparities, and produce adverse health and financial consequences without reducing drug activity or promoting public health. Based on […] -
September 3, 2019
With the goal of becoming a public defender, nearly all of my legal experience prior to and during law school was on the criminal side of things. But the more I worked on criminal justice issues, the more I saw how inextricably intertwined civil rights issues are with the criminal justice system. It’s for this […]
