From March 9 to March 15, JPI, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, and other organizations committed to justice reform will be highlighting the high cost of youth incarceration in Texas. And we need your help!
Copy and share the following posts & images (inspired by our report, Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration) on your social media profiles. Below, you’ll also find Twitter info for many of Texas’ elected leaders.
Let’s convince policymakers it’s time for juvenile justice reform. Help spread the word about the high cost of youth incarceration in Texas!
Twitter: TX taxpayers spend $159,545 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Know how much youth incarceration costs? The answer will give you #StickerShock. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: Do you know how much youth incarceration costs? The answer will give you #StickerShock. SHARE if you agree it’s time for reform. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: Talk about #StickerShock – Texas taxpayers spend up to $159,545 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year. SHARE to tell our leaders it’s time for reform. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: TX counties spend $62,649 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: Texas counties spend $62,649 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year. Numbers like that give me #StickerShock. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Locking up 1 youth in TX can cost over 5x more than 1 year at @UTAustin. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: How much does youth confinement cost in Texas? 5x more than the cost of attending UT Austin for a year. SHARE if the price of youth incarceration gives you #StickerShock. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Locking up 1 youth in TX can cost 7x more than 1 year at @TAMU. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: How much does youth confinement cost in Texas? 7x more than the cost of attending Texas A&M for a year. SHARE if the price of youth incarceration gives you #StickerShock. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Locking up 1 youth in TX can cost 6x more than 1 year at @TexasTech. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: How much does youth confinement cost in Texas? 6x more than the cost of attending Texas Tech for a year. SHARE if the price of youth incarceration gives you #StickerShock. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Cost to lock up 1 youth in TX can be over 2x larger than avg family income. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: It costs $159,545 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year in Texas. The average Texas family would have to work over 2 years to earn that much. Can you say #StickerShock? JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: County cost of youth incarceration in TX is nearly as high as avg family income. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: The county cost of youth incarceration in Texas is nearly as high as average family income. Talk about #StickerShock. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Cost to lock up 1 youth in TX could feed a family for over a decade. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: It costs up to $159,545 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year in Texas. That money could feed the average American family for over a decade. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: County cost of youth incarceration in TX could feed a family for almost 5yrs. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: The county cost of youth incarceration in Texas could feed the average American family for almost 5 years. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Cost to lock up 1 youth/yr in TX is over 19x more than per-pupil spending. #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: How much does Texas spend to incarcerate its youth? 19x more than it spends on each K-12 student. #StickerShock. SHARE to tell our leaders it’s time for reform. JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: 2 of 5 youths incarcerated in TX will be rearrested within a year. #NotWorthIt #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: Texas spends up to $159,545 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year. But over 40% of those released from state facilities will be rearrested within a year. Is the high cost of incarceration worth the price to our kids and communities? JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Youth 3x likelier to commit felonies after incarceration than comm supervision. #NotWorthIt JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: Texas spends up to $159,545 to lock up 1 youth for 1 year. But youth released from state facilities are 3x likelier to commit a felony than youth in community supervision. Is the high cost of incarceration worth the price to our kids and communities? JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Twitter: Incarceration or supervision – which do you think is the better investment? #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Facebook: The cost of incarceration in Texas is enormous at both the state and local level, while community supervision is relatively cheap. Where would you rather invest your tax dollars? #StickerShock JusticePolicy.org/StickerShockTX
Select Twitter Info for Texas’s Public Leaders
The following information was collected via publically available records for Texans to contact their elected leaders. We hope you’ll encourage your representatives in government to recognize the enormous burdens – both financial and quality-of-life – imposed on our state and its citizens by our juvenile justice system, and we hope you’ll urge them to fight for reform.
In order to ensure that our message is received with compassion and understanding, please be sure to use this information respectfully and responsibly.
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Greg Abbott |
Governor |
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Dan Patrick |
Lt. Governor, Senate President |
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Ken Paxton |
Attorney General |
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Joe Straus |
House Speaker |
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Dennis Bonnen |
House Speaker Pro Tem |
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Tan Parker |
Republican Caucus Chairman |
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John Otto |
Chair, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Sylvester Turner |
Vice Chair, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Cecil Bell, Jr. |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Greg Bonnen |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Cindy Burkett |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Giovanni Capriglione |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Sarah Davis |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Dawnna Dukes |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Larry Gonzales |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Donna Howard |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Bryan Hughes |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte; Member, House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Cmte |
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Oscar Longoria |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Marisa Marquez |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Borris Miles |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Dade Phelan |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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John Raney |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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John Rodriguez |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Gary VanDeaver |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte; Member, House Corrections Cmte; Member, House Public Education Cmte |
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Armando Walle |
Member, House Appropriations Cmte |
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Jim Murphy |
Chair, House Corrections Cmte |
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James White |
Vice Chair, House Corrections Cmte; Member, House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Cmte |
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Matt Krause |
Member, House Corrections Cmte |
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Joe Moody |
Vice Chair, House Criminal Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Terry Canales |
Member, House Criminal Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Todd Hunter |
Member, House Criminal Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Jeff Leach |
Member, House Criminal Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Matt Shaheen |
Member, House Criminal Jurisprudence Cmte |
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David Simpson |
Member, House Criminal Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Stephanie Klick |
Member, House Human Services Cmte |
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Jessica Farrar |
Vice Chair, House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Travis Clardy |
Member, House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Ana Hernandez |
Member, House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Mike Schofield |
Member, House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Kenneth Sheets |
Member, House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Cmte |
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Debbie Riddle |
Vice Chair, House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Cmte |
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Scott Sanford |
Member, House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Cmte |
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Jimmie Don Aycock |
Chair, House Public Education Cmte |
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Joe Deshotel |
Member, House Public Education Cmte |
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Marsha Farney |
Member, House Public Education Cmte |
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Rick Galindo |
Member, House Public Education Cmte |
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Mary Gonzalez |
Member, House Public Education Cmte |
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Dan Huberty |
Member, House Public Education Cmte |
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Juan Chuy Hinojosa |
Senate President Pro Tem; Member, Senate Criminal Justice Cmte |
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John Whitmire |
Dean of the Senate; Chair, Senate Criminal Justice Cmte |
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Joan Huffman |
Vice Chair, Senate Criminal Justice Cmte |
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Konni Burton |
Member, Senate Criminal Justice Cmte |
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Brandon Creighton |
Member, Senate Criminal Justice Cmte |
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Charles Perry |
Member, Senate Criminal Justice Cmte; Member, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |
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Larry Taylor |
Chair, Senate Education Cmte |
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Eddie Lucio |
Vice Chair, Senate Education Cmte |
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Donna Campbell |
Member, Senate Education Cmte; Member, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |
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Sylvia Garcia |
Member, Senate Education Cmte |
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Don Huffines |
Member, Senate Education Cmte |
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Jose Rodriguez |
Member, Senate Education Cmte; Member, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |
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Kel Seliger |
Member, Senate Education Cmte |
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Van Taylor |
Member, Senate Education Cmte; Member, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |
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Royce West |
Member, Senate Education Cmte |
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Charles Schwertner |
Chair, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |
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Lois Kolkhorst |
Vice Chair, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte; Member, Senate Education Cmte |
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Craig Estes |
Member, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |
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Carlos Uresti |
Member, Senate Health & Human Services Cmte |