Texan prisoners died after they were cleared for parole; Reports revealed

A shocking new report published by the University of Texas at Austin on the effects of the coronavirus inside a prison in Texas revealed that at least 18 people last year died of the virus before their release. Not only that, more than a dozen people also died due to chronic health diseases before they were scheduled to release. At least 26 Texan prisoners had also died in 2019 after they were approved for parole only goes to show a pattern of delaying the release of incarcerated people who’ve been paroled for as much as one year.

In other related news, The Marshall Project reports some 31,000 federal prisoners have sought compassionate release since the start of the pandemic. The Bureau of Prisons approved just 36 of those appeals.