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From Texas Standard: Stephanie Garcia is a high school student. She’s also a 24-year-old inmate at the Lockhart Correctional Facility, a minimum...
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In stark contrast to former Gov. Rick Perry, the current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch that the state would comply…
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RICHMOND, Texas — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit. But he could only feel a video…
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NEW YORK — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration.The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on…
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The first steps of freedom from the prison in Huntsville, Texas, lead to the nearby Greyhound bus station.
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CORPUS CHRISTI — A prosecutor on Wednesday dismissed the capital murder case against a South Texas woman after an appeals court in the fall overturned her…
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HOUSTON — A grand jury has indicted two Harris County sergeants who are accused of leaving a mentally ill inmate unattended in his cell for weeks.The…
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A riot at a private immigration prison in Willacy County, Texas, forced officials to close the facility and relocate 2,800 inmates. But it also left the county with a $2.3 million budget shortfall.
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Nearly 140 inmates, including Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez Villarreal, complain of dirty cells, spoiled food and filthy conjugal rooms at Mexico's maximum security prison.
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — Inmates who set fires and caused significant damage to a South Texas prison after taking over part of the facility last month…