Outside Resources

The following key reports and resources have been published by other organizations and agencies that engage in pretrial, defense, and/or innocence efforts. If you know of a resource that is not included here, please email us at [email protected] to let us know.

Texas Legislative, Budget, and Agency Publications

• Legal Access Division, State Bar of Texas: 2013 Referral Directory: Legal Services and Other Resources for Low-Income Texans (2013)
• Texas District and County Attorney Association: Setting the Record Straight on Prosecutorial Misconduct (Sep 2012)
• Texas Indigent Defense Commission: Fair Defense Law – A Primer for Texas Officials (June 2012)
• Texas Indigent Defense Commission: Memo on Data Analysis for Harris County Public Defender’s Office (June 2012)
• Texas Indigent Defense Commission: Public Defender Offices and Managed Assigned Counsel Programs in Texas (Feb 2012)
• Dr. Floyd Jennings, Harris County Public Defender’s Office: Testimony before House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, Mental Health Charge (Feb 2012)
• Texas Indigent Defense Commission: FY11 Annual and Expenditure Report (Jan 2012)
• Task Force on Indigent Defense: Discretionary Grant Program [flyer] (Aug 2010)

Advocacy and Research Organization Publications

• American Probation and Parole Association & Pretrial Justice Institute: Promising Practices in Providing Pretrial Services Functions within Probation Agencies (Aug 2011)
• Justice Policy Institute: System Overload – Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense (July 2011)
• Pretrial Justice Institute: State of the Science of Pretrial Risk Assessment (Mar 2011)
• Houston Ministers Against Crime: Harris County Pretrial Services – Policies and Practices (Feb 2011)
• Pretrial Justice Institute: Pretrial Services Program Implementation – A Starter Kit (Sep 2010)
• Dr. Tony Fabelo: (Feb 2010).pdf”>Summary of Issues & Strategic Challenges, Texas Indigent Defense Summit (Feb 2010)
• National Association of Counties: Jail Population Management – Elected County Officials’ Guide to Pretrial Services (Sep 2009)
• The Constitution Project: Justice Denied – America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel (Apr 2009)
• National Legal Aid and Defenders Association: Minor Crimes, Massive Waste (Apr 2009)
• National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies: Performance Standards and Goals for Pretrial Diversion / Intervention (Nov 2008)
• National Legal Aid and Defenders Association: A Race to the Bottom – Speed & Savings Over Due Process (June 2008)
• American Bar Association: Standards relating to criminal justice, including on the following topics: Defense Function, DNA Evidence, Mental Health, Pretrial Release, and Providing Defense Services