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Texas youth prison lockdown records detail self-harm, delayed care and escalating use of force

Texas youth prison lockdown records detail self-harm, delayed care and escalating use of force
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Kids threatened suicide, urinated on themselves and were pepper sprayed in the early days of a statewide lockdown of Texas' five youth prisons. The first-of-its-kind move has youth advocates, experts and former staff wondering if the restrictive protocol is doing more harm than...

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