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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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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.