TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons
By Matthew Watkins and Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune
“TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about the problems within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and Eleanor about the state’s efforts to expand postnatal Medicaid.
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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/05/tribcast-tjjd-medicaid/.
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