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Cash bail punishes poverty more than it promotes justice

    Cash bail punishes poverty more than it promotes justice

Content warning: this article includes language and content relating to suicide and physical violence. The criminal justice system’s use of cash bail is fundamentally flawed, as it promotes class disparity

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Students can learn alongside incarcerated classmates with Inside-Out Program

    Students can learn alongside incarcerated classmates with Inside-Out Program

The university announced on Sept. 21 it would be the first Texas college to work with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, a project designed to allow students to experience learning

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Nonprofit bail funds, civil liberty groups critical of Texas’ new bail bill

    Nonprofit bail funds, civil liberty groups critical of Texas’ new bail bill

Critics of Texas’ new bail reform legislation Senate Bill 6, also known as the Damon Allen Act, have been quick to point out the law’s restrictive impact on communities and

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UTD student works to bring tutoring to Denton County inmates

    UTD student works to bring tutoring to Denton County inmates

Ajay Dave, a student at the University of Texas at Dallas and a Southlake resident, is working to bring holistic education to local inmates by gathering a group of students

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Those in jail do not deserve degradation and brutality

    Those in jail do not deserve degradation and brutality

A person’s first arrest can be difficult to process in the moment. Have you ever wondered what they really go

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Texas jails under fire for inadequate medical care

Caitlyn Jones // Staff Writer Teresa Castillo didn’t know what to do. Her brother, David Rea, had been arrested, but he

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Denton County Jail expansion still underway

    Denton County Jail expansion still underway

Javier Navarro // Staff Writer n September, Denton County Jail inmates will have new living quarters as the jailhouse is undergoing

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