Today’s high cost of living has clobbered North Texas families. To stretch household budgets to the end of the month, parents are delaying medical appointments and canceling afterschool tutoring. For some, the money runs out before the basic necessities of food and rent are covered. For many, economic mobility has hit a dead end. Propelled […]
Category: Criminal Justice
Posted inHousing
What Comes After the Street
Kacey Coker is one of the people in Dallas County who was placed in a subsidized apartment as part of an initiative to combat homelessness. A photographer followed her story.
Posted inAbove the Fray
The Summer of Flock
What to know about all those Flock cameras, a preview of the first update to the city’s zoning code in 40 years, and some encouraging news from the jail.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Behind the Gates with the Daughters and Sons of Incarcerated Mothers
Dallas nonprofit Janie’s Angels brings children to visit their moms in prison. A photographer captures a day inside the Christina Melton Crain Unit.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Dallas Pioneered Specialty Criminal Courts Decades Ago. Are They Still Working?
The courts connect defendants with treatment and help some get charges dismissed. Last year, the state launched reviews into half of them.
Posted inNeighborhoods
The Neighborhood Experiment Unfolding in Red Bird
One of the most dangerous spots in Dallas has united elected officials, neighbors, developers, cops, and activists intent on changing this pocket of Oak Cliff.
Posted inCriminal Justice
She Grew Up in Jails, Now She Keeps Kids Out of Them
Elizabeth Henneke’s Lone Star Justice Alliance spurred reforms of Dallas’ embattled juvenile justice system. Next comes the rest of Texas.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Can Dallas Sustain its Decline in Violent Crime?
The academics who helped create our city’s strategy to reduce violence are saying goodbye. Police say that won’t be the end of this story.
Posted inNeighborhoods
The Kids Are All Right at Prosperity Park
How a rubble-ridden lot in Oak Cliff became a safe place for children who do far more than play.
Posted inCriminal Justice
They Spent Weeks Housing the Homeless, Then Police Showed Up
Service providers launched a new initiative in South Dallas to provide apartments to people in encampments, but that didn’t stop police from making arrests.