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Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...
Texas Republican introduces bill to make being transgender a felony
A Republican representative in Texas has introduced a bill that would make being transgender a felony in the state, ...
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At My Texas Prison, Solitary Confinement All But Guarantees Sexual Exploitation by Guards
After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...
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Feds are opening more detention centers in Texas as Trump administration steps up deportations
The feds are adding thousands of beds to hold families in Texas, which reportedly holds the most immigrants of any state at ...
‘At least I know he’s ok’: Prison officials say water pressure restored at Beto unit
Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.
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Texas appeals court blocks scheduled execution of David Leonard Wood
David Leonard Wood, who has been on death row for more than 32 years, was scheduled to be executed Thursday in the deaths of ...
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Texas Republicans seek to clarify when doctors can intervene under abortion bans
A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that ...
Timeline: How a North Texas megachurch founder could end up in prison
Former North Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris has been indicted on five counts of lewd acts with a child. Here's ...
Inmate charged with murder in Mark W. Stiles Prison death
Dietert is believed to have given Par drugs, waited for him to become incapacitated, then moved Par into his cell where he ...