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Warden
…I’d tell them that I’d be back a little before six. This was never a surprise. They knew what six meant. Most of them had had years to think about it.
-Excerpt from Warden by Jim Willet
Jim Willett has presided over 89 legal executions, more than any man alive. Warden is Willett’s account of working in Texas prisons. Using his own journals, Willett recalls big events and small details that make up the fabric of his prison career. Warden is available for purchase on Amazon.
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Work Songs in 1966
This is footage of Ellis Unit inmates singing work songs was captured by Pete and Toshi Seeger on a visit to the Texas prison in Huntsville in 1966 with their son Daniel and folklorist Bruce Jackson.
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H1N1 Vaccine for Texas Prisoners
Last week, Texas prison officials announced that over 45,000 convicts serving sentences in Texas will be vaccinated for swine flu before the general public. Texas is the second state after Massachusetts to announce the vaccination of prisoners. An equivalent number of prison officers and medical personnel are to be vaccinated as well starting this week.
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