1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgDanielle Lopezhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/danielle-lopez/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wrLO1NVcgk"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/locked-up-and-left-to-die-methodology/">Locked Up and Left to Die: Methodology</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/locked-up-and-left-to-die-methodology/embed/#?secret=wrLO1NVcgk" width="600" height="338" title="“Locked Up and Left to Die: Methodology” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="wrLO1NVcgk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/0923_IAF_JailDeaths_Film_070-scaled.jpg25602194In reporting “Locked Up and Left to Die,” the Observer obtained two spreadsheets from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards under public records laws. One contains information collected by the agency on deaths in jail custody. The other details the agency’s inspection history for jails under its purview, with the field “Certified” indicating whether the […]