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03/31/2026

Roughly two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned.

03/29/2026

03/26/2026

For too long, families of people who died in Texas jails have been relegated to the public comments. It’s time they had a seat at the table, columnist Cody Copeland writes.

03/19/2026

The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.

03/19/2026

03/11/2026

For the past four years, Nicholas Reyes has hosted an unofficial SXSW music showcase in East Austin benefitting folks who can’t attend the festival — inmates at a women’s correctional facility in Lockhart. https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2026-03-10/sxsx-2026-austin-tx-unofficial-showcase-texas-prison-education-initiative-fundraiser

03/11/2026

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners’ requests for DNA testing in recent years.

03/01/2026

Three people died and 14 people have been hospitalized in a shooting on Sixth Street in Austin early Sunday morning. The suspect was killed by Austin police officers responding to the shooting. https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2026-03-01/austin-tx-sixth-street-shooting-suspect-police-injuries-deaths

03/01/2026

01/23/2026

Kaitlin Armstrong is serving a 90-year prison sentence for the murder of Moriah Wilson in East Austin in May 2022.

01/22/2026

Advocates say the move collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities. https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/ice-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KXAN_News

01/12/2026

Austin police called ICE after an administrative warrant; a Honduran mother and US-born child were detained, raising questions about APD policy.