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How to Investigate Prison Staffing Trends in Your State

Our toolkit helps you report on how the widespread, long-term trend of declining prison staff affects both safety behind bars and state budgets.

Investigate This • 03.05.2025

How Long Can You Hide a Dead Body in a Prison Cell?

Mental-health problems, short staffing plague a Texas lockup in COVID lockdown.

News • 07.13.2020

Texas Prison Officers: We Asked For Face Masks In 2017. COVID-19 Got Here First.

A state spokesman says the system has more than 100,000 N95 masks, but it’s unclear how many have been given to officers or prisoners.

Coronavirus • 04.30.2020

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