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Jorge Renaud

SW Region Director, Policy and Advocacy for LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Jorge Renaud spent over 25 years in prison for robbery. A former policy analyst for the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, Jorge is now the SW Region Director for Policy and Advocacy for LatinoJustice PRLDEF and has a Masters from the University of Texas School of Social Work

Latest Columns

Law and Order

Solitary confinement is terrible, but so is regular prison

By Jorge Renaud, Oct. 7, 2019

We should condemn all cages, not just those that we have been told are necessary because certain individuals are beyond redemption — monsters who must be kept out of sight, without access to the basic human needs of touch and conversation and some type of human contact. Solitary doesn't create monsters; society does. Solitary just hides our worst mistakes.

Law and Order

Texas scarlet-letter laws are counter-productive

By Jorge Renaud, April 10, 2017

During the previous two legislative sessions, an unlikely coalition of groups across the political spectrum provided a sense that perhaps Texas was serious about rethinking its “lock ‘em up and throw away the key” mentality.