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https://www.europesays.com/news/87086/ Texas appeals order to cool all prisons by end of 2029 #Headlines #LegislativeBudgetBoard #News #republicans #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #TheTexasTribune #TopStories #WellBHomepage

Texas says transgender prisoners can keep their hormones — unless they’re under 18

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Texas says transgender prisoners can keep their hormones — unless they’re under 18

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Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

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https://www.europesays.com/news/80797/ Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029 #BarackObama #CollegeStation #Headlines #News #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #TexasLegislature #TopStories #WellBHomepage

https://www.europesays.com/africa/422629/ Nigerian-born U.S. prison guard earlier arrested in Texas allegedly caught with K2, methamphetamine #AyodeleAbiodunAfosi #BashirOladimejiLawal #MadisonCountyJail #Nigeria #NigerianNews #OluwayomiObedEdomAdeola #PeoplesGazette #SyntheticCannabinoid #TDCJ #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice

https://www.europesays.com/3176079/ Goree has long history as immigration court | News #Crime #CriminalLaw #Detention(confinement) #gore #HumanMigration #huntsville #Immigration #ImmigrationToNorthAmerica #ImmigrationToTheUnitedStates #Justice #LawEnforcement #prison #SocietyOfTheUnitedStates #Texas #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #ThomasGoreeUnit #UnitedStatesImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UnitedStatesImmigrationAndNaturalizationService

https://www.europesays.com/africa/231252/ Nigerian-born Texas prison guard Ayodele Abiodun Afosi nabbed for fleeing after car accident #AyodeleAbiodunAfosi #news #Nigeria #NigerianNews #PeoplesGazette #PresidentMuhammaduBuhari #Texas #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #TexasPrisonGuard #WalkerCountyJail

https://www.europesays.com/news/22997/ Texas inmate James Broadnax executed after final appeal denied #DallasCounty #DNAEvidence #Garland #Headlines #News #TexasCourtOfCriminalAppeals #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #TopStories #USSupremeCourt #WellBHomepage

Robert Roberson, whose case garnered national attention last fall after an extraordinary delay in execution, is once again scheduled for lethal injection on October 16.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/10/08/532880/robert-roberson-is-again-approaching-execution-in-texas-in-shaken-baby-case/

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The Harris County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who was erroneously released from the Harris County Jail early Sunday. Troy Dugas, 36, was released despite being recently sentenced to state prison for convictions in two nearby counties.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/08/18/528893/police-searching-for-man-erroneously-released-from-harris-county-jail/

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A judge ordered an Oct. 16 execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday upon the Texas Attorney General's request — almost exactly a year after he narrowly avoided execution when state lawmakers intervened in his case.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/07/16/526528/east-texas-judge-approves-oct-16-execution-date-for-robert-roberson/

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A Texas prisoner has pleaded guilty to killing a 27-year-old correctional officer from the Houston area in 2023. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/06/18/524309/texas-prisoner-pleads-guilty-to-capital-murder-in-2023-death-of-correctional-officer-from-houston-area/

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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will decide in March if Yolanda Saldívar, a former Selena fan club president convicted in the Texas pop star's 1995 shooting death, will be eligible for parole. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/01/03/509647/selenas-killer-yolanda-saldivar-up-for-parole-30-years-after-tejano-stars-shooting-death/

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Texas House members are weighing whether the shaken baby syndrome theory should have been used in convicting Robert Roberson of the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/10/21/503584/texas-lawmakers-hear-from-dr-phil-john-grisham-on-robert-robersons-conviction/

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The head of the Texas prisons department said he wants to install air conditioning in every state lockup — he just doesn’t have the cash to do it.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/05/495600/too-much-heat-not-enough-funding-state-of-texas-defends-lack-of-prison-a-c-in-federal-court/

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The state of Texas, blocked from purchasing lethal injection drugs by pharmaceutical companies that refuse to participate in executions, bought them instead from an in-state pharmacy with a history of safety and cleanliness violations.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/07/11/493211/unmarked-cars-and-secret-orders-how-a-pharmacy-prepared-drugs-for-texas-executions/

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A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/05/13/487224/when-texas-jails-issue-tablets-it-comes-at-cost-for-inmates-and-families/

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The Texas Civil Rights Project is seeking class-action status for its suit alleging the state's prison system puts inmates in unconstitutionally long and unsanitary housing assignments for violating certain rules.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/05/09/486978/nearly-500-texas-prison-inmates-suffer-from-flawed-punitive-housing-system-lawsuit-says/

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Harris and other major Texas counties say their local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/04/24/484385/texas-jails-have-an-overcrowding-issue-is-the-state-making-it-worse-by-delaying-prison-transfers/

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Many Texas prisons don't have air conditioning. This lawsuit seeks to change that.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/04/22/484267/many-texas-prisons-dont-have-air-conditioning-this-lawsuit-seeks-to-change-that/

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Over the last year, the gap between the number of convicted prisoners in the Harris County Jail and the number of those sent to state prisons on a weekly basis has grown substantially.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/03/27/481765/hundreds-of-convicted-prisoners-are-waiting-longer-in-the-harris-county-jail-as-transfers-to-state-prisons-lag-behind/

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The man charged in a 2022 car crash that left two Galveston teenagers dead and one severely injured will serve 50 years in prison.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/20/472884/galveston-man-sentenced-50-years-after-crash-that-left-two-teens-dead-one-severely-injured/

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The man charged in a 2022 car crash that left two Galveston teenagers dead and one severely injured will serve 50 years in prison.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/20/472884/galveston-man-sentenced-50-years-after-crash-that-left-two-teens-dead-one-severely-injured/

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Brazoria police and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are searching for a man who escaped a Brazoria County prison on Sunday evening.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/18/472569/police-searching-for-man-who-escaped-brazoria-county-prison-sunday/

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The family of a Texas prison guard who died last month while on duty is pushing for accountability after a meeting with state law enforcement officials on Monday provided more questions than answers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/04/471381/family-of-dead-texas-prison-guard-left-with-more-questions-after-meeting-with-state-officials/

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We debase ourselves as a society by treating our prisoners worse than dogs.

"[W]e have to do something about this heat. I mean, dogs in a dog pound have air conditioning."

'Why didn't they just kill us?' Three women talk about life in a Texas prison without AC

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