Texas inmate killed by cellmate during a statewide prison lockdown
WEBSep 21, 2023 · Billy Chemirmir, who was accused of killing 22 elderly women and one man in North Texas, was found dead in his cell Tuesday after investigators say he was killed by his cellmate, Texas Department...
Texas prisons without A/C “living hell” for ... - The Texas Tribune
WEBAug 24, 2022 · Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. Prison rights advocates hope a budget surplus next year will finally push lawmakers to...
Prison Guard Shortfall Makes It Harder for Inmates to Get …
WEBAbout 24% of the 24,112 correctional officer positions in Texas prisons are vacant, Hernandez said. The agency is amping up its recruitment and retention efforts, holding job fairs across the ...
The severe beating of a Texas inmate underscores staffing and ... - NPR
WEBNov 8, 2023 · Thirteen guards from a North Texas prison were fired or resigned after a brutal beating in September left an inmate in a coma, likely for the rest of his life.
Families and former inmates plead for help in uncooled Texas prisons ...
WEBJul 18, 2023 · The brutal heat inside Texas’ uncooled prisons has killed prisoners, sickened guards and cost the state millions of taxpayer dollars in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits.
Texas prison lockdown over drug murders renews worries about …
WEBSep 6, 2023 · HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas prison system’s 100 units have been placed on a statewide lockdown due to a series of drug-related inmate homicides, officials announced on Wednesday. But the lockdown is worrying advocates for inmates who say the order could endanger the lives of many prisoners during an unrelenting summer heat …
Federal prisons remain locked down from coast to coast after …
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · A nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system remained in effect Tuesday after two inmates were killed Monday during a gang fight at a penitentiary in Texas, officials said.
Inmates are dying in Texas prisons, but the state seldom …
WEBJul 1, 2023 · But family members, prison rights advocates and some lawmakers blame the deaths on the brutal heat inside Texas prisons — and the state’s unwillingness to address it. More than two-thirds of Texas’ 100 prisons don’t have air …
Man suspected of murdering 22 people killed by cellmate in Texas prison ...
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials found Billy Chemirmir, 50, dead in his cell at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, Texas, early Tuesday morning, the department said.
Surviving the Texas Heat in Prisons Without Air-Conditioning
WEBJun 29, 2023 · The weekslong June heat wave scorching Texas has been particularly brutal and dangerous inside the state’s sprawling prison system, where a majority of those incarcerated, and the guards who...