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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Matthew Watkins and Justin Dehn

TribCast: The fight against solitary confinement in Texas

Texas Jolie Lawsuit
Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013. (Credit: Jennifer Whitney for The Texas Tribune)
TribCast: January 27, 2023

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about a hunger strike in Texas prisons and a lawsuit seeking to reform the use of solitary confinement on death row.

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