2023-11-14T10:00:17-08:00 2022-12-31 921077853 Key Figures LLC 7700 Northcross Dr Unit 9708 Austin TX 78766 990 2022-01-01 452666807 JAIL PROJECT OF TEXAS JAIL 5124697665 13121 Louetta Road 1330 Cypress TX 77429 David Hanson Treasurer 2023-11-14 true David Hanson 999009999 true Catherine J Ruiz EA P02087714 5129202695 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z David Hanson 13121 Louetta Road 1330 Cypress TX 77429 283780 false X https://www.texasjailproject.org/ X 2012 TX The mission of Jail Project of Texas is to liberate communities by organizing with and advocating for people incarcerated in Texas county jails, and their loved ones. 7 7 5 7 0 894392 239926 3935 649 712 39207 895041 283780 129119 110393 0 228216 311698 20950 32755 90589 98913 447924 541954 447117 -258174 773391 714359 67693 266835 705698 447524 The mission of Jail Project of Texas is to liberate communities by organizing with and advocating for people incarcerated in Texas county jails, and their loved ones. false false 478335 110394 3935 ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING & POLICY: We provided long term post bail out support for the 14 pretrial individuals we bailed out in December of 2021 through our community bail fund in Tyler (Smith county). We successfully advocated for charges to be dropped against 4 other community members whom we had bailed out last year thus reuniting people with their families, communities, and networks of care. Out of the 47 bailouts we conducted in one county (Smith county) in 2021, to reunite community members with their families and networks of care, we successfully advocated for charges to be dropped in 15 cases. We successfully advocated for 3 community members to be taken off the forensic (competency restoration) waitlist in one East TX county jail and diverted to mental health care in the community thus avoiding criminalization. From 2020 on, we have been successful in getting 9 people diverted from the forensic waitlist and prevented repeated criminalization of their behavioral health. Statewide, we advocated for and supported diversion of 13 individuals, including 2 pregnant women, from pretrial detention into substance use respite and other programs thus preventing criminalization. In Dallas county, we successfully advocated for a young man with disabilities who had been confined for 4 years pretrial on the forensic waitlist, to be removed from the jail and transferred to a local hospital Through aggressive and creative advocacy in Bexar county, we not only secured the release of a young transgender community member (on an ankle monitor) with an intellectual and developmental disability from the county jail and diverted them to a state supported living center but also successfully overturned their felony conviction by actively collaborating with the Public Defender's Office. This young person has a legal guardian due to their I/DD and should never have been allowed to plead guilty without their guardian's knowledge. We facilitated public comment at the Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services (under Health and Human Services) by a community member whose loved one with mental illness had been awaiting competency restoration in a rural county jail for over 2 years. We referred and facilitated complaints on 7 cases to the Ombudsman's Office at Health and Human Services Commission for investigation into critical gaps in continuity of care that's provided by Local Mental Health Authorities which in turn had led to the criminalization of their clients. Developed a crisis hotline to field intakes, connecting with over 100 families to assist them and created a basic toolkit to help them navigate the court appointed attorney system under Operation Lone Star. Interviewed dozens of defendants confined in Segovia and Briscoe units in order to file complaints to TCJS and to craft a facility conditions affidavit for the Department of Justice, Facilitated a New York Times interview with one of the immigrant detainees who was arrested and subsequently deported under Operation Lone Star. Provided two briefings Mexican American Legislative Caucus on Operation Lone Star confinement conditions. Supported & helped facilitate community meeting of Hispanic fishermen targeted under Operation Lone Star in Victoria county with Texas Civil Rights Project. Created an informational and bilingual "Know Your Rights" video for families seeking information on their loved ones impacted by Operation Lonestar. We partnered with Florida LGBTQ Freedom Fund to successfully bail out one transgender American citizen who was arrested under Operation Lone Star and held pretrial in a TX prison unit. We provided this individual post bailout support through the entire duration of their active case. We filed two extensive complaints on conditions issues in Operation Lone Star with the state regulatory agency. These complaints went on to become part of a DOJ complaint filed by the statewide coalition of organizations comprising TX Fair Defense Project, TX Civil Rights Project, Grassroots Leadership, ACLU TX and immigration rights groups. At February's rescheduled quarterly meeting of Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), we facilitated two community members' travel to Austin - a mother whose disabled son experienced assault and neglect in Taylor county, and a formerly incarcerated woman who brought testimonies from 20 other women still incarcerated in Taylor county jail. We also organized against TCJS' accessibility barriers to participation that excluded other folks from joining. While Sheriffs and commissioners were granted an exemption to speak virtually, the same courtesy was not extended to families and members of the public despite severe winter weather and an ongoing pandemic. We successfully mounted a call-in campaign that forced TCJS to read testimony from a third member into the minutes of the meeting, and shut down the proceedings for several minutes to ensure it would be livestreamed for the public. Our organizing yielded a joint complaint signed by eight organizations regarding the lack of accessibility and virtual participation. The commission has committed to finding a solution for the next meeting in May. In Tarrant county (Fort Worth) after a beloved daughter and community member was arrested in epileptic crisis and hospitalized for jail neglect, we mobilized quickly in support of her and her family. Demanding the resignation of Sheriff Waybourn, TJP brought out dozens of community members and ally organizations in a solidarity rally at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court. Organized with congregants of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth to mobilize their Social Justice group in testifying to Commissioner's Court to support our community demands. We brought her family to TCJS quarterly meeting in the summer to make public comment on the systems that had led to her being hospitalized in a coma for over 6 weeks. Organized and spoke at Jaquaree Simmons' memorial and commemorative balloon release outside Harris county jail on the one year anniversary of his murder in Harris county jail. Co-hosted Punishing Ourselves: When Incarceration and Health Collide with Doctors For Change -an educational panel for physicians and health providers to engage more critically on issues facing patients with histories of arrest. Presented at webinar of Womxn in Medicine -a student group in Bexar county on medical issues and challenges to medical care in county jails. Hosted an online writing workshop for 4 women from Taylor and Cooke counties to prepare comments for the quarterly meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Participated in 3 innovative trainings for public defenders and defense attorneys: Spoke at the Wood County Bar Association, and collaborated with our national partners at Zealous to provide an online training for public defenders on best practices for engaging with community advocates and movement organizers. Organized and hosted a solidarity march from Harris County Jail to call for urgent jail depopulation efforts and to raise awareness of the county's $11 million contract with LaSalle Corrections, a for-profit prison company. With more than 60 attendees on a sunny, humid Saturday morning, we sent a clear message to elected officials that community members are organized, mobilized, and engaged with a new vision of safety in Harris county. TJP's executive director, Krish Gundu, was invited to join the Data Committee of the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health and the Texas Coordinating Council on Veterans Services to participate on the Criminal Justice, Pro Bono, and Mental Health committees. Joined Liberate HTX and the #NationalStopShotSpotter Campaign in organizing a community event with free food, harm reduction resources, live music, and speakers to shed light on the harms of surveillance technology in the Houston area. Tabled at the event, distributing free loaded transit fare cards for attendees, and gathering signatures for the Community Safety Budget led by TJP. Endorsing organizations include Grassroots Leadership, Woori Juntos, MOVE Texas, Tahirih Justice Center, Restoring Justice, Texas Civil Rights Project, Civil Rights Corps and others. In Harris County, we partnered with Civil Rights Corps and the Police Accountability Collaborative to advance a new, holistic vision of community safety. Across two convenings, we've collaborated with more than 30 local organizations across issues like housing, environmental justice and survivor safety to produce a collaborative, non-carceral vision statement of safety and wellbeing in Houston. At the September 13 Budget Adoption hearing, TJP turned out more than 15 speakers and 30 written comments, united in a shared vision for community safety budgeting in Harris County. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Discussions with the board which are documented in the board meeting minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.