Texas inmates to get tablets with educational apps, email
Securus Technologies, based in Carrollton, makes the tablets and said it already has contracts with 25 departments of correction across the country.
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Securus Technologies, based in Carrollton, makes the tablets and said it already has contracts with 25 departments of correction across the country.
Social distancing and other contagion protocols are difficult behind bars, but an investigation by WFAA and The Marshall Project showed that the spread of COVID-19 behind bars was also due to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's lackluster response, potentially exacerbating outbreaks and putting surrounding communities at risk. The agency's website lists the prisoners who have died from the virus. Below is a list of those people, including Campos. Among the list are four people who officials removed from the agency's official county of coronavirus-related deaths, even though they had ...