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title: 'NEW RESOURCES: Interactive Display Illustrates Conditions on Death Row'
description: 'A joint research project begun by two Texas universities illustrates the confinement conditions of death-row prisoners, including areas such as…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-interactive-display-illustrates-conditions-on-death-row'
section: news
date: '2023-02-28T10:00:00-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T15:24:00-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! A joint research project begun by two Texas universities illustrates the confinement conditions of death-row prisoners, including areas such as visitation, health care, attorney visits, recreation, food, and opportunities for work. The *Capital Punishment & Social Rights Research Initiative* has created an initial infographic describing the conditions in Texas.

  [ ! ](https://www.cpsrinitiative.com/infographic) Click on image to access interactive version.

  The project includes qualitative research on death row conditions, as well as firsthand accounts from prisoners. Anthony Medina, a Texas prisoner who has been on death row since 1996, is quoted: "We now spend almost 24 hours a day 7 days a week in our cells where there is absolutely nothing to do. Our art program, group recreation, ability to watch TV and work-program were all stripped away from us in 2000."

The researchers--Dr. Barbara Laubenthal of the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Rick Halperin of Southern Methodist University--expect to create additional graphics covering the conditions in other death penalty states.

Capital Punishment & Social Rights Research Initiative, [Taking a Closer Look: Texas](https://www.cpsrinitiative.com/infographic), February 12, 2023.