How Texas’ cash bail system and under-resourced jails can wreak havoc on women who are poor

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Despite mounting doubts about his guilt, Ivan Cantu running out of time to avoid Texas’ death chamber

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Texas inmate Syed Rabbani taken off death row after original appeal was left pending for decades

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As the death toll in stifling Texas prisons climbs, congressional Democrats ask for investigation

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A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth.

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Facing sex discrimination claims, Texas begins jailing migrant women under border crackdown

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Prisoners’ relatives and former inmates plead for help as deaths mount in sweltering Texas prisons

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Investigation finds no fraud by Texas prison contractor that was paid despite cutting inmate therapy services

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Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of death

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Facing youth prison crisis, Texas lawmakers opt to build new facilities and funnel more kids to adult system

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