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The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...
Why death row inmate was refused final meal before being executed in front of wife who held up dog to watch
Death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed via lethal injection on Wednesday (5 February) having been refused a ...
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Every Woman Who Leaves This Texas Prison Program Comes Out With a Job
A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...
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Inmates in this Texas program are leaving prison with jobs — and lower chances of reincarceration
Last year, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice opened a new prison focused on rehabilitation. One reentry program the prison offers to male inmates is modeled off of STRIVE. Windham School ...
Unlocking Doors: A North Texas non-profit helping former inmates rebuild lives gains NFL recognition
"When they get off the bus, they've been given $100 as well from the prison system, and they don't know what to do," said ...
Killer’s haunting final words before he is executed in front of his dog
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was given the lethal injection for killing 28-year-old Reverend Clint Dobson at NorthPointe ...
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'Everything is changing every minute': New prison rules for trans women on hold
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is putting a ...
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Inmates in this Texas program are leaving prison with jobs — and lower chances of reincarceration
Within three years of their release, 5.6% of STRIVE participants returned to prison compared to 9.7% of all incarcerated Texas women, according to data ... an additional $404.5 million to pay for ...