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Solitary confinement hard to escape for Texas inmates with mental illness

Published: April 23, 2019, 5:30 a.m.

Prisoners who volunteered for a mental health diversion program say promises of therapy and time out of their cells weren't fulfilled. And Texas prison officials aren't regularly tracking success rates — even as they ask lawmakers to fund an expansion of the program.

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