Donald Keith Newbury, 52, who was part of the “Texas Seven” gang of prison fugitives, was executed Wednesday night for the 2000 murder of an Irving police officer.
Texas Department Of Criminal Justice
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Criminal Justice
Report: Blind, Deaf, Disabled Inmates Abused in Texas Prison Unit
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is facing a scathing report and several lawsuits contending that correctional staff at a Huntsville prison regularly neglect, abuse and even violently beat prisoners with disabilities.
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Ushering in Several Reforms, But Not Always Leading the Charge
Rick Perry will leave behind a criminal justice system in healthier shape than when he stepped in as governor. Terri Langford writes that how instrumental Perry was in improving it remains an open question.
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Court Tells TDCJ to Name Lethal Injection Drug Suppliers
The name of the compounding pharmacy supplying lethal injection drugs for Texas executions must be released because it is public information, a judge ruled late Thursday.
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Criminal Justice
Panetti Doesn’t Need Mental Health Treatment, Prison Doctor Says
As the state and Scott Panetti’s defense team battled over whether his execution should be halted last week, a four-page affidavit provided a tantalizing peek into the mental health care Texas has provided for the schizophrenic death row inmate.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Prisons Make Family Visits Easier
The Texas prison system is making it easier for family members to visit loved ones behind bars, hoping to strengthen social networks inmates need when they are released.
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Criminal Justice
Prison Officials Seek Ways to Recruit, Retain Officers
With the energy boom creating an explosion of high-wage job growth in oil-rich parts of the state, finding and keeping prison employees has become difficult in those regions. This story is part of our Shale Life project.
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice
Texas Prison Inmate Database Updated
The Texas Tribune’s prison inmate database, containing more than 146,000 offenders, is now updated with the latest data available from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It is now current as of September 2014.
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Criminal Justice
2014 TribuneFest: Audio From the Justice Track
The justice track at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on criminal justice reform, the Texas Supreme Court, same-sex marriage and the death penalty. Here’s audio of each session.
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Criminal Justice
Woman Executed for Boy’s 2004 Starvation Death
UPDATED: A 38-year-old Arlington woman was executed Wednesday for the starvation death of her girlfriend’s son. Lisa Ann Coleman is the sixth woman to be executed in the state since 1982.
