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Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013. — Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013. (Credit: Jennifer Whitney for The Texas Tribune)

TribCast: January 27, 2023

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about a hunger strike in Texas prisons and a lawsuit seeking to reform the use of solitary confinement on death row.

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