The Dallas Observer looks at its top five longform stories from 2021.
Freelance reporter Tyler Hicks has contributed several moving long-form stories to the, but our favorite from 2021 was his in-depth look at the people who get stuck in jail long after they should have been released. Some are lost in the system for months, others for years.
Sometimes the lengthy stays stemmed from a glitch in the system. Sometimes they weren't let free because of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In either case, they weren't meant to be there. It's a powerful story that starts off with Finis Prendergast, who was locked away for nearly three years in what he calls"the depths of hell.". “I try talking to people about what happened to me, and they don’t get it. You try locking yourself in a closet for three years and see what that feels like. Nobody understands that.”, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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