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

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

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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

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article

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Texas Tribune

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English
English

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Incarceration
Deathways

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08/07/2020

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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”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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