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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 […] -
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 […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with the Texas Civil Rights Project to represent the mother of Danarian Hawkins, a Houston man who died by hanging in the Harris County Jail. Plaintiff brings a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act in this federal court lawsuit filed in Houston. Hawkins had a psychiatric disability, and the lawsuit […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with the Law Office of Don Tittle, P.C. to help represent individuals who were arrested as a result of being present in the area of a motorcycle club meeting in Waco, after a scuffle broke out in which nine people were shot and killed. Plaintiffs bring claims of false arrest against […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with Disability Rights Texas-Austin to help represent a woman with deafness who was denied access to an employment application on the basis of her disability. Students are reviewing document discovery, drafting discovery requests, and investigating the case. In a separate matter, the Clinic is also partnering with DRT to investigate potential […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and The Law Office of Javier Maldonado P.C. to represent a father, daughter and friend who were falsely arrested and subjected to excessive force during a warrantless entry by police into their San Antonio home. Plaintiffs bring claims of false arrest and excessive force in […]
