2025-11-14T11:10:40-08:00 2024-12-31 921077853 Key Figures LLC 7700 Northcross Dr Unit 9708 Austin TX 78766 990 2024-01-01 452666807 JAIL PROJECT OF TEXAS JAIL 5124697665 13121 Louetta Road 1330 Cypress TX 77429 David Hanson Treasurer 2025-11-14 true true Catherine J Ruiz EA P02087714 5129202695 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Krishnaveni Gundu 13121 Louetta Road 1330 Cypress TX 77429 224991 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 394786 179637 799 5800 496 347 39207 39207 435288 224991 31055 16225 0 305536 305814 25000 0 11402 143452 124681 505043 446720 -69755 -221729 612111 379398 234342 217122 377769 162276 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 341579 4761 16225 1.ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING & MOVEMENT BUILDING (A). Anti-jail expansion Campaign In Harris county, we founded a diverse coalition comprising six organizations, family members of people who died pretrial in custody, formerly incarcerated people, youth and community advocates united in their vision of shrinking the carceral footprint along with increased investments in social services as a means to shrink the carceral footprint. The coalition has 193 members on its listserve, conducted 28 meetings including work parties, two community teach-ins and mobilized over 90 registrations for public comment at Commissioners Court. (B). Casework advocacy (i) Our HelpLine received 470 calls, 1,539 emails and 193 letters from over 35 counties. We responded to over 60% of all calls and emails with 30% of the cases needing multiple responses and interventions. (ii) We filed complaints with the state regulatory agency TX Commission on Jail Standards or supported loved ones in filing complaints to state agencies and law enforcement in over 30 per cent of the cases. (iii) Of the emails and phone calls we received, we handled 414 complaints related to medical issues, 674 complaints related to medications and medical neglect, 440 for people with serious mental illness, 14 for people with intellectual and developmental disability, 27 for people who were pregnant, 23 veterans and approximately 200 related to use of force and injuries. (C). Organizing (i) We multiplied our statewide community base by 3 times and transformed the tone of the quarterly public meetings of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards through intentional organizing, movement building, media outreach and mutual aid. Over four quarterly meetings, we brought over 120 comments in total from community members from 25 different counties but were unable to publish all the videos for lack of resources. We created and published 27 videos of powerful testimonies https://www.youtube.com/@texasjailproject/playlists The energy from these meetings sparked self-led movements in Bexar county, Tarrant county, Harris county and Sabine county. We also mobilized members of the press, legislative staff and both criminal justice advocates and mental health advocates to attend and speak at these meetings. (ii) In January, Tarrant County Commissioner Simmons invited us to participate virtually in a town hall organized in Arlington attended by over a 100 community members, to discuss the alarming rise of custody deaths in Tarrant county jail. Under Sheriff Waybourn, at least 65 community members have reportedly died in the jail since 2017. We joined the Sheriff, allies and advocates from United Fort Worth and Broadway Baptist Justice Network, and criminal court representatives to interrogate the culture and policies that have led to so many deaths. Due to our collective efforts, the Department of Justice is considering an intervention in the jail. (iii) As part of our effort to decriminalize mental illness, we brought 6 public comments from directly impacted families to the board meetings of the Local Mental Health Authorities in 2 counties that are mandated by the state to provide mental health services to the community (D). Litigation & civil rights support (i) Our advocacy, research and technical assistance was essential and instrumental in winning a total of $2.71 million in legal settlements for families of three community members who suffered serious harm in pretrial detention (Chasity Congious https://www.keranews.org/government/2024-05-21/tarrant-county-approves-largest-lawsuit-settlement-to-chasity-congious-whose-baby-died-in-jail and Kelly Masten https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2024-12-02/with-a-775-000-settlement-pending-the-bill-for-tarrant-county-jail-lawsuits-keeps-rising from Tarrant county & Glenn Hayes - one of our bailouts from Smith county. (https://www.texasjailproject.org/2024/08/of-loss-collective-struggle-mid-year-24-newsletter/) Litigation is ongoing in two other cases of over detention which we brought to our allies at TX Fair Defense Project. (ii) We documented Mykala Savage's story and the experience of other pregnant women in Harris County jail in our essays published in The Slate and The Appeal magazines in 2022. After her release, we supported her with mutual aid and legal resources. In February of 2024, after almost two years of struggling to unearth all the details of her horrific time inside Harris county jail, we collaborated with Rights Behind Bars to file a lawsuit against Harris county jail. (iii) We provided referrals in 10 other injury and death cases to national civil rights attorneys and provided technical support to both the attorneys and the families through the intake process. 2. NARRATIVE SHIFT/MEDIA/STORYTELLING (A). In 2024 we were successful in getting 203 stories published on custody deaths, 125 on jail expansion/overcrowding, 24 on cash bail and 60 on mental illness and IDD. TJP and/ our community members were featured or quoted in 43 of these stories. (B). We were featured on a three part series on NPR Here & Now on Harris county bail reform due to the launch of Texas Freedom Stories which was our collaborative effort with national partner Zealous to highlight the success of misdemeanor bail reform in Harris county. (C). National exposure after being quoted in Jessica Pishko's new book about Sheriffs 'The Highest Law in the Land.' (D). Our community stories were featured and our work quoted in at least 28 national, statewide and county level stories including TX Observer, KFF Health News, Boltsmag, NPR, Marshall Project, etc. All the 2024 stories are compiled on this page of our website: https://www.texasjailproject.org/2024/12/texas-jail-project-through-news-stories-in-2024/ (E). We were prominently featured in a new documentary short "Criminal" with Alec Karakatsanis of Civil Rights Corps, that was screened at the Philadelphia Blackstar Film Festival and NYC film festival. (F). "We need mental health care, not a jail cell!" Our lead mental health advocate Dalila Reynoso spoke at over 70 percent of the county commissioners court meetings in Smith county for the past four years. She has been tirelessly shedding light on the criminalization of mental illness in her community and passionately advocating for more non-carceral mental health and substance use disorder resources. Dalila spoke about the tragic suicide of Nathan Lee Johns in 2023 in Smith county jail after he was arrested at a local hospital following a suicide attempt. She was joined by youth organizer Amy whose brother has been repeatedly arrested during mental health crises. (G). In Spring, our lead mental health advocate, Dalila attended a mental health symposium organized by the Texas Tribune in Tyler, Smith county. For nearly four years we have been working diligently on diverting people with mental illness and developmental disabilities from the Smith county jail. Dalila made essential points about the importance of not criminalizing symptoms of mental illness and creating a culture of community based care instead of punishment. Following the symposium, her letter to the editor was published in the Tyler newspaper. 3. POLICY ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENT (A). The Government Accountability Office interviewed us extensively and named TJP as a source in their 2024 maternal health in correctional facilities federal report. We also briefed Sen. Ossoff's office for the Senate sub-Committee on Human Rights' hearing held in August, on pregnancy and births in jails and prisons. (B). Advocacy Spotlight by nationally renowned Prison Policy Initiative on our work forcing Sheriffs to report previously unreported custody deaths. We are very proud of this work that led to 16 previously unreported deaths being reported within 18 months. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/08/06/texas_jail_project/ (C ). In January, TJP?s co-founder & executive director was appointed to the state regulatory agency Texas Commission on Jail Standards' Administrative and Rules Advisory Committee as a voting member. Krish is the only woman, advocate and person of color on this committee with a vote. Through my position, we brought two key rule changes to the committee within a year - a new rule to count out of state pretrial custody deaths and notification to guardians of people with disabilities when their ward is incarcerated. We are confident that these rules will be adopted next year. (D). Appointment of our client & community member Dr. Liz Pinon to the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Advisory Committee run by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, due to our advocacy and relationships. We featured her son's story and her transformation from a parent to an advocate in our January newsletter. (E). TJP co-founder & executive director Krish Gundu was appointed by Harris County Commissioner Briones to the Harris County Resident Advisory Committee to advise the county on potential new jail facilities and alterna 341579 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false false false false X Krishnaveni Gundu 2818544104 13121 Louetta Road 1330 Cypress TX 77429 Krishnaveni Gundu Executive Dir. 50.00 0.00 X 103255 0 0 Dr Eboni Calbow Cesar President 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Monica Lugo Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Daniel Moreno Director 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Maria Anna Esparza Secretary 0.05 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Hanson Treasurer 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Sloan Vice President 0.15 0.00 X 0 0 0 103255 1 false false false 0 179637 179637 Workshops/Training 541900 5800 5800 5800 347 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 481a Adjustment 900099 39207 39207 39207 224991 45354 X 0 16225 16225 0 0 103255 88937 11593 2725 0 177387 146623 26160 4604 0 0 25172 19950 3866 1356 0 0 13365 13365 0 0 0 52846 27726 23372 1748 0 5825 990 4822 13 9969 675 8578 716 0 0 14986 14818 669 -501 0 384 384 786 786 0 10000 10000 569 569 Bailout Support 7000 7000 Advocacy Expenses 6484 7381 -407 -490 Bank & Payment Processing Fees 1405 185 1220 Materials & Supplies 573 426 147 489 444 34 11 446720 341579 93739 11402 17633 8060 365452 278336 188504 63504 0 0 0 0 0 5520 4498 0 0 0 0 35000 25000 2 0 612111 379398 12297 5000 78414 79207 143631 132915 234342 217122 X 324359 59659 53410 102617 377769 162276 612111 379398 -221729 6236 X false false false X 397466 1053392 239926 394786 179637 2265207 0 0 397466 1053392 239926 394786 179637 2265207 696051 1569156 13 649 712 496 347 2217 0 0 2267424 11534 0.69200 0.73460 X Support Schedule: Additional Supplemental Information The organization changed its accounting method in TY2022 from cash to accrual. Part II is reported on an accrual basis. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true 0 0 Basic needs cash disbursal 26 15125 Cost Participant interview stipends 2 1100 Cost Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b Our organization does not have committees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The board will review the 990 via email and phone meetings. 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.