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'Tinderbox waiting for the spark': WFAA investigation shows how COVID-19 spread through Texas prisons

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'Tinderbox waiting for the spark': WFAA investigation shows how COVID-19 spread through Texas prisons

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No Way Out: Texas prison system spokesman explains response to COVID-19 pandemic

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice responds to an investigation by WFAA and The Marshall Project into the agency's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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No Way Out: Here are the Texas prison employees who have died of COVID-19

A joint investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how COVID-19 was allowed to spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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No Way Out: Texas prisoners describe what it's like inside lock-up during the coronavirus pandemic

A joint investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how COVID-19 was allowed to spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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No Way Out: Here are the Texas prison employees who have died of COVID-19

A joint investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how COVID-19 was allowed to spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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No Way Out: Prisoners are setting fires to protest pandemic conditions

The Marshall Project and WFAA’s review of state records found that the prison system has failed to correct basic problems with non-functioning smoke and fire alarms.
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No Way Out: How the Texas prison system tracks COVID-19 cases, deaths

A joint WFAA and The Marshall Project investigation showed the prison system's data on COVID-19 deaths and case numbers come with some caveats and limitations.
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TIMELINE: The spread of COVID-19 in Texas prisons

Prisons are prime incubators for the disease, as social distancing and basic contagion protections are largely impossible behind bars.
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No Way Out: Here are the Texas prisoners who died of COVID-19

A joint investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how COVID-19 was allowed to spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
No Way Out

'Tinderbox waiting for the spark': WFAA investigation shows how COVID-19 spread through Texas prisons

A joint investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how COVID-19 was allowed to spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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'Tinderbox waiting for the spark': WFAA investigation shows how COVID-19 spread through Texas prisons

No Way Out: Texas prison system spokesman explains response to COVID-19 pandemic

No Way Out: Here are the Texas prison employees who have died of COVID-19

No Way Out: Texas prisoners describe what it's like inside lock-up during the coronavirus pandemic

No Way Out: Here are the Texas prison employees who have died of COVID-19

No Way Out: Prisoners are setting fires to protest pandemic conditions

No Way Out: How the Texas prison system tracks COVID-19 cases, deaths

TIMELINE: The spread of COVID-19 in Texas prisons

No Way Out: Here are the Texas prisoners who died of COVID-19

'Tinderbox waiting for the spark': WFAA investigation shows how COVID-19 spread through Texas prisons

Texas first responders who die from COVID-19 denied state benefits

Texas prison system still tops US in virus cases, as deaths and criticism mount

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