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Texas Prison Staff Falsified and Defaced Temperature Logs As Heat-Associated Deaths Piled Up In The State: Report
A Texas Tribune analysis revealed that at least 41 people had died inside Texas prisons in 2023 during the state's ...
Texas jail commission begins appointing outside agencies to investigate custody deaths
The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN6d
Texas prison staff falsified temperatures records, investigation finds
Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.
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Tarrant County DA argues not all deaths in jail custody need an outside investigation
Under state law, every death in county jail custody triggers an independent investigation. That requirement places too big a ...
Audacy on MSN4d
Texas report reveals over 451,000 criminal noncitizens arrested in state jails since 2011
According to an updated report from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), more than 451,000 criminal noncitizens have been arrested and booked into local Texas jails over the past 14 years.
The Texas Tribune on MSN3d
Forgotten in jail without a lawyer: how a Texas town fails poor defendants
People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system ...
Texas Standard3d
Today on Texas Standard: How a Houston man spent 18 years in jail without a trial
Edric Wilson sat in the Harris County Jail for 18 years, accused of a 2006 murder but never tried in court. His case was ...
The Supreme Court rejects a Texas death row inmate's appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of ...