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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 justice careers.
Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme indoor heat, critics say
About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled. Inmates say the shortages make it harder for them to get respite during hot summer months.
Staffing shortages makes it harder for Texas inmates to deal with extreme indoor heat conditions, critics say
In hearing testimony, documents and interviews with The Texas Tribune, critics say a persistent staffing shortage is leaving lock-ups without the proper number of guards needed to mitigate against the hot temperatures inside un-air conditioned prisons. They say that leaves inmates without access to respite, ice water or cool showers.
Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from heat, critics say
Patrick Womack was found face-down and unresponsive in a hot prison cell in August 2023, he asked a correctional officer to let him take a cold shower
Texas prison inmates swelter amid persistent guard staffing shortages, critics say
Prisoners and reform advocates say persistent staffing shortages has left many state prison without enough guards to mitigate extreme indoor heat during
Hundreds of Harris County inmates to be moved from closing west Texas private jail to Louisiana
Hundreds of Harris County Jail inmates will be moved out of a West Texas private prison in the coming week after the facility ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designates Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as terrorist organization
Gov. Greg Abbott and state officials labeled the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as a "foreign terrorist organization," ...
A Texas man is sentenced for kicking a cat that prosecutors say was later set on fire
A federal judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than three years in prison for kicking a cat that court records say was ...
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Texas officials call El Paso ‘ground zero’ for violent Tren de Aragua gang
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is concerned the expansion of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua "could destabilize public safety ...
Texas man sentenced to prison for embezzling from Norfolk transit company
The former manager of Norfolk's North Fork Area Transit was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of embezzling more ...
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US Pastor Freed After 18 Years in Chinese Prison, Reunites with Family
David Lin, an American pastor, has been released from a Chinese prison after 18 years. His release follows diplomatic efforts ...
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Survey Turns Spotlight on Prison Heat Crisis
On July 3, as a heat dome of historic intensity parked itself over the West Coast, the National Weather Service ...
US pastor freed from Chinese prison after 18 years
An American pastor detained in China for almost 20 years has been released from prison and flown home to his family in Texas.
North Texas anesthesiologist convicted of tampering with IV bags to be sentenced
Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz, who was found guilty of tampering with IV bags earlier this year, will be sentenced on Wednesday.