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In Texas Prison, My Black Hair Brings a Sense of Identity—and Punishment
Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening ...
Texas women are scared and dying. These bills would clarify abortion exceptions | Opinion
Texas House Bill 44 and SB 31 represent a consensus turned into law: When a woman’s life is at risk, her doctor should be ...
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‘Nudge from God’: Texas woman raised over $2 million to build chapel at women’s prison
BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — On Pam Stevenson’s drive home from teaching a bible study class at the Ellen Halbert Unit Women’s Prison, a message she couldn’t ignore hit her as she ...
'We were lied to': Two women the Trump administration tried to send to El Salvador prison speak out
The women’s accounts raise questions about the thoroughness of the administration’s vetting of migrants it has sent to the ...
Obscure ICE facility in West Texas at center of national deportation controversy
MTC Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson about 108 miles northeast of San Angelo is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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Venezuelan man pleads guilty to running sex trafficking ring for transnational crime group
Zambrano-Chirinos, 24, was part of the Tren de Aragua, or TdA, a transnational criminal organization that originated in a ...
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Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...
Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers
Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts ...
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Extreme heat without AC in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel punishment, judge rules
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...