Reporting nearly 10 percent of the nation's jail deaths, Texas already leads the country in that gruesome statistic. And this year, Texas is headed for a record number of deaths, with well over 100 prisoners dying in its jails.
In the first half of this year, Texas reported 53 in-custody deaths, putting the state on track for 106 deaths this year.
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