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End of the Week Roundup

By Gritsforbreakfast

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Here are a several diverse news items, all deserving of more extended comment, that I only have time to mention right now:A prison coverup after Hurricane Rita?Reports the Houston Press, "For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree ? that was nothing but B.S."Babies killing babiesRick Casey at the Houston Chronicle mulls over the proper sentence for a 14 year old who concealed her pregnancy then killed her newborn baby.TDCJ bans Bob Dole?As I found out last year, there's not really a comprehensive list of banned books at TDCJ, though books and publications are denied to inmates every day. So the Houston Press took the next step and got a year's worth of correspondence under open records to see what TDCJ is banning, and published some of the more bizarre examples...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).