Patrick Burkart's Articles
- Fiction Science
- May 12, 2000 (Vol. 92, No. 9)
- Dateline Texas
- April 28, 2000 (Vol. 92, No. 8)
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Heaven and Hell in Cameron County Jail
Gail Hanson’s soft, musical voice served her well for eight years as a volunteer chaplain at the Cameron County Jail in Brownsville. But as she witnessed and heard about the mistreatment of the mostly young and impoverished women she counseled—from unhealthy food to freezing-cold cells to lengthy detentions without convictions—Hanson’s ...
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