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UT panelists offer insight into need for prison reform, particularly women and children — the forgotten voices of the criminal justice system

Education, drug treatment and more probation opportunities are just some of the solutions to a criminal justice system that punishes not only prison inmates, but their families as well, said speakers Tuesday (April 10) at the 13th Liz Carpenter Lecture.

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AUSTIN, Texas—Education, drug treatment and more probation opportunities are just some of the solutions to a criminal justice system that punishes not only prison inmates, but their families as well, said speakers Tuesday (April 10) at the 13th Liz Carpenter Lecture.