Inside Frigid Texas Prisons: Broken Toilets, Disgusting Food, Few Blankets
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The Marshall Project
February 19, 2021

The Marshall Project reports, “Officials said 33 prisons lost power and 20 had water shortages after the state’s electrical grid failed for several days during single-digit temperatures. Though the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said generators kept electricity on, staff, prisoners and their families reported frigid—and increasingly horrific—conditions around the system.”

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