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A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use.
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People in Tarrant County’s jails get sick like everyone else. For the smaller things, they can get care from inside the jail. But when dire emergencies strike, correctional health staff call an ambulance. That’s where the problem starts.
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The number of deaths by firearm have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and accounted for 75% of the homicides reported in 2021, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence.
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The review comes after Gonzalo Lopez escaped from a prison bus last month. Authorities say he killed a family of five before they found and killed him.
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Officials are still trying to piece together how Gonzalo Lopez managed to cut through a metal door and hijack a prison bus Thursday. An extensive manhunt continues in Leon County.
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Organizers say the demonstrations, which are expected to include hunger strikes and a refusal to work, are in response to a riot at a South Carolina prison in which seven inmates died.
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On the heels of a federal ruling slamming Harris County for its bail practices, civil rights lawyers have now set their sights on a county with a similar…
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Dallas County officials are beginning to overhaul their bond system to allow inmates to be released based on their risk level to the public instead of…
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From Texas Standard: Texas’ reputation as a law-and-order state often overshadows the fact that the state leads the nation in some aspects of criminal...
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Taxpayers will not have to bear the costs of a new beard policy for inmates after all.Last week, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it was…
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In Tarrant County, some employers are choosing to hire workers who’ve just gotten out of prison. They’re taking part in a program that gives ex-offenders…
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For years, sheriffs and disability rights groups have complained about the lack of treatment for the growing number of mentally ill inmates in Texas. Now,…