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Collected Item: “Texas prisons will accept county jail inmates again, three months after the coronavirus halted intake”

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Texas prisons will accept county jail inmates again, three months after the coronavirus halted intake

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In an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 inside of the state of Texas correctional facilities all transfers were halted in April but in beginning July 1 Texas will begin transfers. This all happens as the states case count and positivity rate begin to sky rocket. By mid July Texas becomes one of the nations three biggest hot spots.

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TDCJ, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, incarceration, prison, jail, transfer, covid

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https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/16/texas-prisons-jails-coronavirus/

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Jolie McCullough

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2020-06-16
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