Texas prisoners are going hungry, posting TikToks during statewide lockdown

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In a TikTok clip, one prisoner at Clemens Unit in Brazoria said inmates there aren't being fed three meals daily, as claimed by state officials.

Citing a rise in drug-related homicides, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice put its 104 prisons under lockdown on Sept. 6.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, citing a rise in drug-related homicides within its 104 prisons, went into lockdown Sept. 6 so guards could search jail cells for illicit contraband. The move was criticized by prisoner-rights advocates who argue that inmates, many now confined to their cells 24/7, would be subjected to further extreme heat in their unconditioned quarters.

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