Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month ago‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmateswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
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minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoViolent criminals are a fairly small fraction of total inmates, and a whopping 76% of the Texas jail population hasn’t even been convicted of a crime. Also, Texas loves rapists and most of them aren’t in prison anyway. Not to mention Abbott just pardoned that convicted homicidal murderer.
minus-squareCrisps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThis is only local jails, which makes sense as people are waiting trial then move on to long term prison.
minus-square31337@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIn my local county (in Texas), there was a guy in jail for 5 years without trial (I think he’s going in 6 years without trial, but a go-fund-me paid his bail last year), and 2 years in jail without trial is not uncommon.
minus-squareCrisps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI agree. The right to a speedy trial not being observed is an issue.
Violent criminals are a fairly small fraction of total inmates, and a whopping 76% of the Texas jail population hasn’t even been convicted of a crime.
Also, Texas loves rapists and most of them aren’t in prison anyway. Not to mention Abbott just pardoned that convicted homicidal murderer.
This is only local jails, which makes sense as people are waiting trial then move on to long term prison.
In my local county (in Texas), there was a guy in jail for 5 years without trial (I think he’s going in 6 years without trial, but a go-fund-me paid his bail last year), and 2 years in jail without trial is not uncommon.
I agree. The right to a speedy trial not being observed is an issue.