North Texas lawmaker asks Gov. Greg Abbott to send state’s inmates to El Salvador
A North Texas Lawmaker asked Gov. Greg Abbott to look into sending undocumented migrants incarcerated in the state to a ...
Federal judge: Extreme heat in Texas prisons is likely unconstitutional punishment
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
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Texas lawmaker asks Abbott to send state’s inmates to El Salvador
A Texas lawmaker has asked Gov. Greg Abbott to look into sending undocumented migrants incarcerated in the state to a massive prison in El Salvador, similar to the Trump administration’s ...
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Texas Lawmaker Urges Governor Abbott To Send Undocumented Inmates to El Salvador Mega-Prison
Citing President Trump's policies, Congressman David Lowe calls for the transfer of thousands of incarcerated immigrants to ...
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Texas lawmaker asks Gov. Greg Abbott to send state’s inmates to El Salvador
A North Texas lawmaker asked Gov. Greg Abbott to look into sending undocumented migrants incarcerated in the state to a massive prison in El Salvador, similar to ...
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he’ll push for special session if THC ban, bail changes fail
Only Gov. Greg Abbott can call for a special session. But in his role presiding over the Texas Senate, Patrick can block any ...
Texas is taking back privately run prisons
During the prisons-building boom three decades ago, lawmakers allowed private, for-profit corporations to compete for prisons ...
How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...