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Independent Lens
Deadly Jails: An Oklahoma Mental Health Crisis
An investigation into how a state like Oklahoma is ill-equipped to handle mentally ill people in incarceration, sometimes with tragic consequences.
A Texas jurisdiction’s “cite and release” program gives the police the option to issue a citation instead of making an arrest, but officers rarely issue these citations.
Julianna Brannum is a documentary filmmaker based in Austin, TX. Her first film, The Creek Runs Red, was selected to air on PBS’s national prime-time series, Independent Lens. She later co-produced a feature-length documentary with Emmy Award-winning producer, Stanley Nelson for PBS’s We Shall Remain– a 5-part series on Native American history. The… Show more
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In Hays County, Texas, arrests for low-level offenses like marijuana possession lead to overcrowded jails and damaged lives. The county’s “cite and release” program, which gives officers the option to issue a citation instead of making an arrest, is meant to reduce the number of arrests for minor crimes, but local police officers rarely issue these citations. In 45 Days in a Texas Jail, criminal justice reformer Faylita Hicks recalls her time in jail for a bounced check and explores how similar arrests have impacted the fast-growing central Texas community.
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