The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s measures to combat the new coronavirus are insufficient at a geriatric prison, the complaint said.
Texas Department Of Criminal Justice
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Coronavirus in Texas
Coronavirus is officially in Texas prisons and jails. Now what?
The Texas prison system and Dallas County both reported the first Texas cases of inmates testing positive for the new coronavirus this week. Self-quarantines and social distancing aren’t always possible for those who’ve been exposed.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Coronavirus hits Texas prisons with first inmate case confirmed
The 37-year-old man has been isolated and is being treated at the prison system’s Galveston hospital, where he’s been for three days.
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Criminal Justice
In two Texas prisoner deaths, one former officer is indicted after another’s case is cleared
A former correctional officer was charged with aggravated assault by a public servant Thursday in Walker County, a week after another man was cleared of criminal charges in another inmate homicide.
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As the Texas prison population shrinks, the state is closing two more lockups
The closures are expected in the coming months, as the state faces dangerous understaffing in its prisons.
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Criminal Justice
Three Texas inmates have died at the hands of prison officers as use of force continues to rise
The increase in altercations with inmates comes as Texas’ prison population dwindles. In three years, three officers have faced criminal charges in prisoners’ deaths.
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Criminal Justice
Texas prison officials violated a judge’s order to provide inmates with air conditioning. Now prisoners’ lawyers get to investigate.
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison said the lawyers can further probe the Texas prison agency’s violations of a court order to provide air conditioning for some inmates — and agency officials’ false claims that they were in compliance.
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Prison health care costs are higher than ever in Texas. Many point to an aging prison population.
Although there are fewer people in prison than there were a decade ago, costs have surged along with the share of inmates who are older — and sicker.
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Federal judge delays execution of “Texas Seven” prisoner over claims of religious discrimination
For the second time, a court has stopped Murphy’s execution over concerns that the Texas prison system’s execution procedures discriminate against non-Christian inmates.
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New Texas prison program aims to help women leave the system with jobs waiting for them
A trauma-informed reentry program was unveiled after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice received criticism for a lack of growth opportunities for women.
