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Prison Watch Tower

Houston Matters

Extreme heat this summer has been rough. Now, try going through it without A/C

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 30, 2023 · Texas Public Radio reporter Paul Flahive offers insight into what people in Texas prisons have experienced this summer.

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Convicted murderer Syed Rabbani, ‘abandoned’ by previous defense attorneys, to be removed from death row after 35 years

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on November 16, 2023 · Rabbani, 58, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1988 in the shooting death of 21-year-old Mohammed Jikar Hasan. His 1994 request for a new punishment phase of his trial was granted earlier this fall, and Harris County prosecutors are no longer asking for the death penalty as Rabbani is in a vegetative state, according to his new defense attorney.

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Literary group accuses Texas prisons of censoring books incarcerated people can receive

Toluwani Osibamowo, KERA

Posted on October 9, 2023 · Prison book programs have been sending free books to Texas prisons for years, but recently, they've been told they're no longer allowed to under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy they say they've never heard of before.

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Actor, writer, and director Rob Reiner

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Actor and director Rob Reiner on the power of the screen and stage to create change

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 4, 2023 · The director of some of the most successful movies of the 1980s and 90s, like "When Harry Met Sally," "The Princess Bride," and "A Few Good Men" was recently in Houston to promote a stage show about the prison system.

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Alan Dershowitz, Jewish groups lead last ditch clemency appeal for death row prisoner Jedidiah Murphy

Andrew Schneider

Posted on September 28, 2023 · Murphy, who was convicted of the 2000 carjacking and murder of an elderly woman, is one of at least two Jewish individuals on Texas’ death row.

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