"Last October, Michele Deitch and Alycia Welch with the University of Texas Prison and Jail Innovation Lab gave a presentation to the International Corrections and Prisons Association on the harmful sleeping conditions in prisons. There, they previewed findings from a forthcoming report entitled, 'The Nightmare of Sleep in Prison.' Among their recommendations: increasing dedicated sleep time. They define a healthy amount as at least four 90-minute cycles of uninterrupted sleep, or at least six hours."

“'We haven’t yet gone far enough to meet the needs of women who are in jail at the county level,' said Alycia Welch, associate director of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at The University of Texas at Austin, a research center dedicated to incarceration in Texas."

"‘The vast majority of these deaths are preventable.’ Michele Deitch, professor, University of Texas School of Law"

"Suicide prevention should be a higher priority for jail staff, said University of Texas School of Law professor Michele Deitch, among the nation’s foremost authorities on deaths in prisons and jails. 'The vast majority of these deaths are preventable,' she said."

"'A case like this has liability written all over it,' said Michele Deitch, director of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin."

"Suicide prevention should be a higher priority for jail staff, said University of Texas School of Law professor Michele Deitch, among the nation’s foremost authorities on deaths in prisons and jails. 'The vast majority of these deaths are preventable,' she said."

"The delegation of monitoring to county sheriffs means Oregon’s inspections are 'not sufficiently arm’s length,' Deitch says."

“That idleness leads to violence. It leads to tension,” Deitch said. “And it also means they're not getting access to their programs and services, which could affect their likelihood of successful rehabilitation."

"While [Louisiana] has a set of “basic jail guidelines” that apply to facilities that house state prisoners, a 2023 report by the University of Texas at Austin’s Prison and Jail Innovation Lab found that they fell short compared to regional counterparts like Texas and Florida."

University of Texas at Austin Prison and Jail Innovation Lab Director Michele Deitch discussed the state of the U.S. prison system.