Paul Flahive
Accountability Reporterpaul@tpr.org
Paul Flahive is an investigative reporter with nearly two decades of experience writing for various publications and public broadcasters.
His work has exposed systemic problems in Texas' unemployment system, prisons, foster care, and the treatment of child victims of sex abuse.
His work has had institutional impact.
One story led to the change of a decade-long policy in Texas prisons that forced women in solitary confinement to wear gowns, rather than uniforms as male prisoners wore.
Another story led to to a state investigation that ultimately closed a foster placement agency that had taken in more millions in taxpayer funds for being "an immediate risk to child safety."
His work has been heard by millions on Marketplace, NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and elsewhere.
He co-edited "Worth Repeating" a collection of stories from the show he created of the same name, published 2023 from Trinity University Press
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Four court filings, hundreds of pages and thousands of serious incidents illustrated how ill prepared the state is when directly caring for youth — a job their workers were never meant to do.
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Judge Janis Jack was presented with new reports of the state's failures in its Child Without Placement issue just days after Texas' attorney's asked to void several parts of her oversight.
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Una celda abierta, un recluso peligroso y una agresión causan especulaciones y rumores en la prisión de Texas.
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When Quinton Cox assaulted Servando Dominguez the results were blood, terminations, and questions.
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Texas has been in litigation over its foster care system for nearly 13 years. A federal court is now weighing whether to impose hefty fines over the system's inability to make progress.
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La crisis de colocación en el sistema de hogares sustitutos en Texas es indicativa de problemas de reforma más profundos.
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The state's child without placement crisis has been well known and documented for four years. Critics wonder why it hasn't been solved and what it may say about a system that's been in federal court for more than a decade.
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La familia del guardia de prisión de Texas muerto protesta por falta de transparencia.
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The family of Correctional Officer Jovian Motley plan to protest at the prison where he died because they said the state has not provided answers to what happened.
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State documents show Texas paid $260 million over three years to keep kids in hotels and leased homes temporarily. Unregulated placements that advocates say warehouse youth with the most needs in the most dangerous way.