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Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states
Read full article: Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and statesLimits on who can be released without paying bail and difficulties hiring guards worsen the situation.
After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis
Read full article: After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisisWomen in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.
For teens in Deep East Texas, accessing sex education and contraception is next to impossible
Read full article: For teens in Deep East Texas, accessing sex education and contraception is next to impossibleIn conservative Sabine County, it’s hard for teens to access contraception or sex education beyond lessons on abstinence. The Deep East Texas region has one of the highest teen birth rates in the state.