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Matthew Watkins and Justin Dehn

TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons

Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional facility, in Lee County on July 20, 2022.
Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional facility in Lee County, on July 20. (Credit: Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune)
TribCast: Aug. 5, 2022

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about the problems within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and Eleanor about the state’s efforts to expand postnatal Medicaid.


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