Texas woman raised over $2 million to build chapel at women’s prison in Hill Country
On Pam Stevenson’s drive home from teaching a bible study class at the Ellen Halbert Unit Women’s Prison, a message she ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering ... to install air conditioning in one notoriously hot prison called the Wallace Pack Unit, a geriatric prison. Sick or elderly prisoners were also ...
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2 Women Fatally Strangled On Conjugal Visits to Same Calif. Prison Months Apart
Tania Thomas, 47, and Stephanie Dowells, 62, were each allegedly strangled to death during conjugal visits with their husbands at Mule Creek State Prison Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE ...
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Multigenerational sex abuser who sexually assaulted 11 relatives in Waco, Texas sentenced to prison
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A multigenerational sex abuser ... counts concurrently and must be given credit for serving 22 1/2 years in prison before he can seek parole. Prosecutors Tara Avants and ...
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Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
“It sends an incredibly powerful message.” FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015. (Rose Baca/The Dallas ...
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DOGE to close at least 26 Social Security offices this year. 2 Texas locations on the list
How many Social Security offices does DOGE plan to shut down in Texas and beyond? Here's what you need to know. 2 Social Security offices in Texas expected to close this year The move by Elon Musk ...
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Central Texas father sentenced to prison for failing to protect daughter from stepmother’s horrible abuse
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Juan Velazquez on March 28 was sentenced to the maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to injury to a child by omission for his failure to ...