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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

Handshakes, murals and ministry: A reopened Texas prison focuses on rehabilitation

Men incarcerated at the Bartlett Innovation Unit sit in a dormitory-style room on Nov. 21, 2024 in Bartlett.
Inmates sit in a dormitory-style room at the Bartlett Unit on Nov. 21, 2024 in Bartlett. (Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune)

After spending decades as a Texas prison inmate, Arnulfo Ayala flinched last month when a captain at the newly reopened Bartlett Unit extended an arm to shake the confessed killer’s hand.

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