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Woman dies in jail after JPS refuses admission

By Jennifer Autrey: Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Jailers had watched her frantic distress for five days. Stopping up the toilet to flood her cell. Trying to hang herself with her gown. Announcing that she was pregnant with Jesus' child.

October 4, 2005 Smart Justice

For jail's sick inmates, a regimen of neglect

JPS overlooked signs of a health-care crisis, even though inmates and their families cried out for assistance

By Jennifer Autrey: Star-Telegram Staff Writer

After James Wright had a brain abscess removed, he didn't always get his antibiotics.

October 2, 2005 Smart Justice

Inmates evacuated to avoid Rita

Associated Press

GALVESTON, Texas
The inmates at the Galveston County jail in Galveston, Texas, are getting out. They're handcuffed, and it's just for a ride.

September 23, 2005 Smart Justice