Locked out: Texas prison officials' decisions based on 'misconduct' claims

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Published:
May 18, 2020

Visitation is a critical lifeline for incarcerated people, yet some families say Texas prison officials ban them from seeing loved ones over petty or unproven claims of misconduct. The Texas Observer looks at how things got to this point in this written article and audio episode.

LBJ's Michele Deitch says "prison policies often hinder communication rather than foster connections to the outside. 'In this country, we do not see visitation as a human rights issue,' she says. 'Anywhere else in the developed world, visitation is not just a privilege, it is a human right. It is not something that can just be cut out willy-nilly or because of some unproven allegations. It’s just taken so much more seriously elsewhere.'"

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