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Texas Jails Troubled by Deaths, Negligence and Failed Inspections

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2006 by Gary Hunter published in Prison Legal News January, 2006, page 1
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Escapes, Databases, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Staffing, Water, Wrongful Imprisonment, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides. Location: Texas.
For decades Texas jails have been cesspool's of misery, medical neglect, brutality and over crowding. Class action litigation in the 1970's alleviated some of the worst aspects of the Texas jail system and led to modest improvements. By the late 1990's the jail consent decrees and injunctions had been removed …

 

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