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Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms
Loaded on Sept. 25, 2015
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2015, page 46
Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms
by Christopher Zoukis
In a move that surprised many in the prison reform community, the president of the local chapter of a Texas prison guards’ union wrote a letter to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on January 20, 2014, urging ...
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- Guard Admits Guilt, but Lawsuit Dismissed against Jail Supervisors, by Derek Gilna
- Report on Prosecutorial Coercion in Obtaining Drug Pleas, by Derek Gilna
- Sesame Street Creates Muppet with Father in Jail, by Christopher Zoukis
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- Digital Darkness and Silence for Sex Offenders in the Information Age, by Andrew Extein
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- Michigan to Accommodate Religious Rights of Muslim Prisoners, by David Reutter
- 10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Halfway House Escape Charge, by Derek Gilna
- Former West Virginia Judge Pleads Guilty, Sentenced, by Joe Watson
- Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail, by David Reutter
- Chicago City Council Approves Reparations for Police Torture Victims, by Joe Watson
- Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms, by Christopher Zoukis
- North Carolina Prisons Slow to Change Attitudes about Mentally Ill Prisoners, by David Reutter
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- PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison
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- Pennsylvania: $65,000 Settlement for Brain Injury Caused by Guard’s Excessive Force, by David Reutter
- Texas Leads the Nation in Both Executions and Exonerations, by Matthew Clarke
- CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract
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- Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption, by Derek Gilna
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