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Since a heat wave gripped Texas, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning.

2nd Panhandle-area state prison worker's death linked to COVID-19 this week The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Friday announced it is grieving the loss of a Panhandle-area state prison employee that is connected to the COVID-19 virus. Dorothy Caylor, a 62-year-old human resources specialist who had 15 years of service with the TDCJ and was assigned to the Roach Unit in Childress, died Thursday at an Amarillo hospital, according to a news release from TDCJ. Caylor's death is the second COVID-linked death of a Panhandle-area state prison employee in the last week, with 77-year-old Ha...

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 ...