Roundup of Texas headlines on COVID in prisons and jails

Several, notable headlines drew Grits' attention related to the coronavirus and Texas prisons and jails. Let's round them up.

• Texas Tribune: Texas Supreme Court sides with Abbott after judge halted his order restricting jail release: The high court did not weigh in on the arguments that Abbott's order went beyond his executive powers in a disaster. Instead, it ruled the Harris County judges were the wrong plaintiffs. Here's the SCOT order.
• Texas Observer: Greg Abbott's power grab on bail reform
• Texas Tribune: Federal appeals court stops earlier order, says Texas doesn't have to give inmates hand sanitizer or face masks for now. See the 5th Circuit's court order.
• Houston Chronicle: ‘A perfect storm’: Health experts warn of rapid COVID-19 spread in Texas prisons, recommend early releases
• KHOU: TDCJ correctional officer, 2 inmates die from apparent COVID-related complications
• Huntsville Item: TDCJ COVID-19 UPDATE: Offender at Wynne Unit has died from coronavirus
• KLTV: TDCJ updates Beto Unit 106 COVID-19 cases, 54 tests pending
• Texas Tribune: Coronavirus in Texas: County jail population shrank by more than 10,000
• Dallas Morning News: Dallas detention officers told not to ‘spook’ inmates with masks as COVID-19 fears began, testimony shows
• KHOU: 151 Harris County Sheriff's Office employees, 99 jail inmates test positive for coronavirus
• KRGV: At least 9 jailed for violating Cameron County emergency order
• McAllen Monitor: LUPE talks jail reform; details of first inmate case emerge
• Montgomery Advertiser: Sheriff requests hazardous duty pay raise for county employees during pandemic
• KRIS-TV: Are remote hearings the future for legal system?