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He was supposed to be in prison less than a year. Instead, he died after catching the coronavirus.

Title (Dublin Core)

He was supposed to be in prison less than a year. Instead, he died after catching the coronavirus.

Description (Dublin Core)

A former Texas teacher was sentenced to a few months in prison to go through a rehab program after committing repeat DWIs. While incarcerated he contracted Covid and died. Texas has the highest mortality rate in its prisons, higher than even the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
incarceration, defacto death sentence, prison, Texas, mortality rate, death

Date (Dublin Core)

July 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Jolie McCullough

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Texas Tribune

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Conflict
English Crime
English Public Health & Hospitals
English Government State

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

death sentence
prison
Texas
mortality rate
death

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration
Deathways

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/07/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020
01/30/2021
08/02/2022
09/25/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

07/07/2020

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This item was submitted on August 7, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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