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Giulia Heyward

Dozens of inmates have died in a Houston jail since 2021. Now the FBI is investigating

Ben Crump speaks at a news conference in April in New York City. On Monday, the civil rights attorney called on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into inmate deaths at the Harris County Jail in Houston. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The FBI is launching federal civil rights investigations into the Harris County Jail in Houston following the deaths of dozens of inmates there in the past few years.

"These investigations will be fair, thorough, and impartial, and will proceed independently of any state investigations involving incidents at the jail," the FBI Houston tweeted in a statement on Monday. "To preserve the integrity and capabilities of the investigations, no details of the ongoing process will be publicly shared."

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