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Texas prisons and jails are recruiting more teenagers to shore up guard shortage
Two counties house training programs in local high schools as officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal ...
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West Texas private prison to shut down after Tarrant County ends contract to outsource prisoners
The Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility failed a state safety inspection last year. Even though it passed a reinspection, ...
Tampa Free Press on MSN1d
8 Individuals Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Conspiracy In Texas
Multiple individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug conspiracy in Laredo, Texas. U.S.
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Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme indoor heat, critics say
Attorneys for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who are trying to dissuade a federal judge from forcing the state to cool its un-air conditioned prisons argue in an ongoing lawsuit that the ...
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Mom ‘co-sleeping’ with 5-month-old fatally smothers her, TX cops say. She’s sentenced
Danielle Ivy Dechert pleaded guilty to injury to a child – recklessly causing death/serious bodily injury on Aug. 30 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ...
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Shortage of Texas prison guards makes it harder for inmates to cool down in overheated prisons, critics say
TEXAS, USA — This story was first published on the Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. The day before Patrick Womack was found face-down and unresponsive in a hot prison cell in August 2023 ...
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Cultura Markets bring culture and local vendors to the community year round
FORT WORTH — Cultura Markets organizer Mariah Zurita says everyone has culture. "The more you see it, the more relevant it becomes, the more people feel included, and comfortable," Zurita said.
A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections
When film star James Stewart went on location in 1948 at Stateville prison’s notorious roundhouse while portraying a Chicago newspaper reporter whose work freed a ...
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Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme indoor heat, critics say
Attorneys for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who are trying to dissuade a federal judge from forcing the state to cool its un-air conditioned prisons argue in an ongoing lawsuit that the ...