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House Bill 1064 would give inmates earned time credit for good conduct.
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The number of men refusing food fell to zero on Tuesday for the first time in seven weeks.
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Despite a near 10% rise in jail populations — bringing with it a rise in suicides, assaults and deaths — the governor looks to jail more for longer. Reform advocates call it political.
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An investigation showed that, in half of unnatural deaths in Houston area jails, the deceased had been flagged as potentially mentally ill.
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Men at Gib Lewis Unit in East Texas are at times put in holding cells for days
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After scheduling an interview with TPR, the state agency reversed itself and denied interview requests from TPR and others.
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The lawsuit filed Thursday wants to end the practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement.
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Three paces one direction and then three paces back, prisoners describe their lives in Texas prisons and why they want changes.
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Spurred by reports of inhumane conditions at Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities, Austin-area teenagers are lobbying the Legislature to reform the system.
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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed that dozens of prisoners are refusing to eat. Organizers said they want an end to indefinite solitary confinement.