Press Releases

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CLE: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Legal Update

1 hour CLE with Mitchell Katine; Williams, Birnberg, and Andersen, L.L.P; Houston

October 21, 2005

Hospital of Horrors (Federal Medical Center Carswell Prison)

Time in Carswell's prison medical facility can be a death sentence for women prisoners.

By BETTY BRINK: Fort Worth Weekly

October 19, 2005

Procedural kinks keep county jail packed

Victoria Hirschberg: The Monitor

EDINBURG - A bus from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is scheduled to arrive every Wednesday morning at the Hidalgo County Jail to transfer inmates to state prisons.

October 19, 2005

Jury rejects prison rape case

The press release from ACLU's National Prison Project is here.

October 18, 2005

ACLU wins fight for art portraying Eve as God created her

Thanks to ACLU of Texas attorneys and a brave art gallery owner who stood up to authorities, the city of Pilot Point, TX has decided to let Eve be portrayed in their town as God first created her from Adam's rib in the Garden of Eden -- with her breasts exposed.

October 17, 2005

Counties feel ill over inmate medical bills

Zeke MacCormack: Express-News Staff Writer

HONDO Less than an hour after being booked into the Medina County Jail on July 20 on a charge of assault, Toby Guerra of D'Hanis was rushed to the hospital with chest pains.

October 16, 2005