Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition advances solutions and builds coalitions to end mass incarceration and foster safer Texas communities.
Adult Justice: While Texas' prison and jail population numbers have come down from their highest levels in the mid-late 1990s, in 2018 nearly 800,000 people were arrested, 148,000 for drug violations alone. Texas' high arrest numbers stem from the state's reliance on a criminal justice (vs. public health) response to solve a vast array of societal problems. Texas has more than 2,800 felonies on the books, compared to 600 felonies in Louisiana and Arizona - other high-incarceration, southern red states; for example, possession of drugs in quantities less than a gram is a state jail felony, as are many property crimes. Today, nearly half of people serving time in Texas' prison system (and 75% of people entering) are there for nonviolent offenses or probation violations, costing taxpayers more than $3.5 million per day. See Adult Justice Program Goals and Objectives continued in Schedule O.
Women's Justice: Women's trauma, mental health, and substance abuse needs are inadequately addressed under prevailing policies and practices. As a result, women - many of whom are mothers - are failing to get the help they need to avoid system involvement, and Texas is now incarcerating over 12,000 women, more than any other state in the country. Nearly 65% are in prison for a nonviolent offense (e.g., drug offense, larceny, burglary), 70% have been identified as suffering from a substance abuse disorder, and Black women are especially disproportionately represented. Current prison conditions fail to provide appropriate support to pregnant women and mothers, or to generally provide trauma-informed, gender-responsive care. See Women's Justice Program Goals and Objectives continued in Schedule O.
Harris County Advocacy:Harris County is Texas' largest county, as well as the state's largest driver of people into local- and state-level incarceration. The county jail holds nearly 10,000 people on any given day, a product of a failed bail system that keeps thousands of people in detention prior to trial. The county's treatment infrastructure remains inadequate to prevent people from entering the system, or to support people in the system whose needs would be better addressed through rehabilitative services than through incarceration. Youth, too, have historically been failed by local practices, with more youth being sent into local detention or certified to stand trial as an adult in Harris County than elsewhere in Texas. See Harris County Advocacy Program Goals and Objectives continued in Schedule O.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Leah Pinney | Executive Director | 40 | $75,323 |
| William Harrell | Board Chair | 5 | $0 |
| Jennifer Rogers | Board Treasurer | 5 | $0 |
| Eric Glenn | Board Secretary | 5 | $0 |
| Maria-Theresa Servillon Sigua | Board Member | 5 | $0 |
| Joanne Ericksen | Board Member | 5 | $0 |
| Gerardo Castillo | Board Member | 5 | $0 |
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