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Collected Item: “Texas prison system still tops US in virus cases, as deaths and criticism mount”

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Texas prison system still tops US in virus cases, as deaths and criticism mount

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This is a text story from an online periodical.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

A father who has been incarcerated for 30 years holds a baby prior to imprisonment; this man died in prison without seeing his family during the last months of his life.

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#lockedupwithcovid, #covid19, #texas, #abolishprisons

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https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/do-not-publish-until-aug-14-texas-prison-system-still-tops-us-in-virus-cases-as-deaths-and-criticism-mount/287-9e557daf-2440-4ed5-8218-636db111cfb1

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Tanya Eiserer

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2020-08-14
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