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A lone correctional officer walking in a prison cell block while incarcerated people are confined in their cells.
Investigate This July 25
How to Investigate the Trend of Declining Prison Staff and Deteriorating Conditions Behind Bars
Our toolkit helps you report on how this employment crisis impacts safety and local budgets in your state.
By The Marshall Project
News July 13, 2020
How Long Can You Hide a Dead Body in a Prison Cell?
Mental-health problems, short staffing plague a Texas lockup in COVID lockdown.
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Women at the Hilltop Unit in Gatesville, Texas, sewed face masks in a video produced by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Coronavirus April 30, 2020
Texas Prison Officers: We Asked For Face Masks In 2017. COVID-19 Got Here First.
A state spokesman says the system has more than 100,000 N95 masks, but it’s unclear how many have been given to officers or prisoners.
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The first Texas prisoner to die after testing positive for the coronavirus was incarcerated at the Telford Unit near Texarkana.
Coronavirus April 15, 2020
What Happens When More Than 300,000 Prisoners Are Locked Down?
The United States is about to find out as officials struggle to contain the coronavirus.
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