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Criminal justice advocates say a plan to move inmates from the Tarrant County jail to a private prison doesn’t address the root cause of overcrowding.
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Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield.
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Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. Prison rights advocates hope a budget surplus next year will finally push lawmakers to invest in air conditioning.
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The research from Texas A&M University shows how many incarcerated individuals and staff are suffering from heat-related illnesses and death.
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The review came after Gonzalo Lopez escaped on May 12 and eventually killed five people.
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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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In the span of six months, two men held at Texas prisons have been killed in fires. The cost of upgrading fire alarms systemwide is $55 million.
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The trial included four prosecutors, and so many potential jurors were summoned the town sandwich shop was shorthanded for lunch. But a Kinney County jury Monday convicted a Honduran national in the first jury trial for trespassing under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.
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Reed traveled to Russia in the summer of 2019 with his Russian girlfriend to learn the language. That August, Russian police arrested him for intoxication and took him to a jail to sober up.
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Months after the problems became apparent, migrants are still being kept in prison in violation of state laws under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security crackdown.
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The nonprofit FreeWorld is the winner of the annual Pegasus Prize, a $50,000 social innovation grant.
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At any given time, thousands of Texas prisoners have been approved for parole but not yet released. At least 42 of those people died in the 12 months after the coronavirus first swept the state.