Life inside the Polunsky Unit: What it's like waiting for execution on Texas' death row

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.
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Why more Tarrant County kids are going to Texas youth prisons than any others

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...

Patrol: Inmate taken in custody; no physical injuries to employee from five-hour prison standoff

About 15 minutes later, the Missouri State Highway Patrol SWAT team and the Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT) ...
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Texas court halts execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, who claims innocence in shaken baby death

Days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday sent the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson ...
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Man already in prison now faces murder charge in 2021 slaying of trans woman in Arlington

A suspect already serving time in Texas state prison is now facing new charges in connection with the slaying of a transgender woman in 2021, according to a news release Wednesday by the Arlington ...

Prison contracts should reward results, not occupancy rates

When payment rewards full units, you get full units, not safer or more effective ones. Public or private, paying for ...