Tuesday, May 12, 2020

From the Texas Tribune: 70% of Texas prisoners tested have the coronavirus. Experts say it's time for more testing and fewer inmates.

- Click here for the story.

For a current written assignment.

The following institutions and concepts from the textbook are relevant here. I'll use these soon.

- Beto Unit
- inmates and employees
- inmates and their relatives
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Texas prison system
- Chris Beyrer
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- Gov. Greg Abbott
- lawmakers and advocates
- federal judge
- Michele Deitch
- University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs and law school
- State Rep. James White,
- Texas House Corrections Committee
- the Hillister Republican
- Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Seth Prins
- epidemiology and sociomedical sciences
- the Pack Unit
- Texas Department of State Health Services
- Jeremy Desel, TDCJ’s spokesperson
- Jeff Ormsby
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- U.S. District Judge
- Keith Ellison
- federal appeals court
- prisoner advocacy group
- Texas CURE
- containment
- Lockdowns
- wardens
- rehabilitation program
- parole