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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.

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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.

Denton Record-Chronicle · 8d

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

Dallas Morning News · 8d

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

Latin Times on MSN · 8d

Staffing shortages makes it harder for Texas inmates to deal with extreme indoor heat conditions, critics say

SEATTLE - The prison system in Texas continues to be under scrutiny over its handling of hot temperatures during summer months that has put inmates at risk. As reported by The Latin Times in August, Texas is one of a few states facing lawsuits over its dangerously hot prisons.

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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 ...

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Texas man sentenced to 40 months in prison for kicking cat like a 'football field goal'

A Beaumont man has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for animal crushing after kicking a cat in a video posted on ...

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Dozens of Texas school districts press state to suspend new student data reporting system

The superintendents said they haven’t received enough support from the state or time to fix errors the system generated.

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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Huntsville inmate who escaped prison was arrested hours later in Calallen, state prison officials say

A Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate who escaped from its Huntsville unit Sunday is now back in law enforcement ...

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A Texas man is sentenced for kicking a cat that prosecutors say was later set on fire

Beaumont, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to kicking a cat that court records say was later set on fire.

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Texas prison escapee caught in Calallen after stealing car from convenience store

A Texas inmate who escaped from the Huntsville Unit was captured in Calallen, Texas, after a statewide search on Sunday. The ...

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Texas Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Kicking Cat on Video

A man was sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to animal crushing and aiding and abetting.

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Texas mother was dead before crash, gunfire in St. Louis County

Delisha Evans and Ryan Phillips were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, but the timeline of Evans' death was initially uncertain.

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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," ...

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