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Texas imprisoned Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. when he was 11, purportedly for his own good. Five years later, he returned home in a casket.
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“A way to throw kids away”: Texas’ troubled juvenile justice department is sending more children to adult prisons
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Lawmakers offer stark choices for ending the crisis in Texas’ youth prisons — shut them all down, or build more
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Texas teens embark on an idealistic quest to shut down the state’s last five youth prisons
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Pay raises alone won’t solve staffing shortages in “nightmare” Texas youth prisons, ex-workers say
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State agencies push for better worker pay as critical staffing crunch hits Texas government
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Tarrant County sends more kids to youth prisons than any other in Texas. Many blame this judge.
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In Texas youth prisons, children trapped in their cells use water bottles and lunch trays for toilets
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TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons
On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about the problems within the Texas Juvenile Justice…
