Here are the rules spiritual advisors must follow to be present inside Texas execution chamber - KPRC Click2Houston

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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice released its new protocols for allowing spiritual advisors to be present in the execution chamber at the time of an inmate’s death. This reversal comes two years after TDCJ halted the practice.

TDCJ’s Jeremy Desel explains one of the requirements is a spiritual advisor, who is not a TDCJ employee, must have a documented relationship with a death row inmate before their scheduled execution date.

“They have to be on the inmate’s visitation list, have to have proven meetings with the offender outside of the execution process, they have to go through a vetting process on our end,” said Desel.

That vetting process includes passing a security background check. Desel said a spiritual advisor must also attend a 2-hour, in-person orientation. The new protocols allow for spiritual advisors of all faiths to participate.

“As long as they meet those protocols and they can prove they are an accredited minister of whatever their faith then they would potentially be able to be approved,” said Desel.

Desel said approved spiritual advisors will be escorted by an officer from the Office of Inspector General.

While Desel would not comment on why TDCJ implemented these changes, the new protocols follow a 2019 stay of execution for one of the “Texas 7,” said Patrick Murphy.

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