Tennessee Texas Prison Transfers Are Making National Headlines

Courthouse News Service: Arrested in Texas, dead in Louisiana: Private-prison transfers raise accountability concerns

Knoxville News Sentinel on MSN: Former Tennessee basketball guard Amari Evans transfers to Texas Erik Carlson, a Houston man who died of strep throat after a stay in a LaSalle-run private prison in January 2025. (Texas Jail Project/YouTube via Courthouse News) HOUSTON (CN) — Last January, Houston ...

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