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Beaumont corrections officer arrested for smuggling cell phone into prison
Correctional staff discovered a cell phone hidden under a dayroom table in the unit on the evening of April 2, 2025.
State orders closure of Liberty County Jail following fire, riot at the facility
The Texas Jail Commission has ordered the Liberty County Jail to close following a recent fire at the facility and a riot by ...
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TXKToday.com: Seven Telford Unit Correctional officers arrested
On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, law enforcement officers served seven felony arrest warrants related to an alleged conspiracy ...
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Despite Texas defendant’s death in Louisiana prison, lawmakers unlikely to end reliance on out-of-state lockups
Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...
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Liberty County Jail shuttered by state jail commission, prompting hundreds of relocations
The jail in the county northeast of Houston has been out of compliance with the minimum standards of the Texas Commission on ...
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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
Since a 2018 House Corrections Committee wrote in their interim ... Still, about two thirds of Texas’ prison inmates reside ...
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7 Telford Unit corrections officers arrested in conspiracy investigation
NEW BOSTON, Texas -- Seven corrections officers at the Barry B. Telford federal correctional facility in New Boston were arrested Wednesday in an investigation of an alleged conspiracy to ...
Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn’t order they install AC
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...