Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...
2 inmates sentenced to death don’t want President Biden’s commutation to life in prison
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis filed petitions in federal court a week after Biden announced he would remove 37 out of 40 ...
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2 inmates sentenced to death don’t want President Biden’s commutation to life in prison
“But neither one of us thinks that it’s a life worth living with him in prison ... another inmate at the U.S. penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas. At the time, Shannon Agofsky was serving ...
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Inmate paints murals at Abilene prison to bring hope to others
The visitation area at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice French Robertson Unit in Abilene has recently been transformed.
Trump’s Most Shockingly Ambitious Executive Order
The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment ...