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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 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

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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

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.

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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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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WebXtra: Lufkin cheerleaders to compete in East Texas State Festival championships

KTRE’s Tyre White spoke with the coaches of the 5A and 6A 2023 reigning champs, Lufkin High School, about how they’re getting ready to defend their title.

Former Farm Foreman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud

Ernesto Garza, 62, from Alamo, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for extorting H-2A agricultural workers ...

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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.

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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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 Man Faces Fur-ocious Consequences of Animal Abuse, Sentenced to Federal Prison

The shocking case of animal cruelty involving a Texas man and his cohort. Social media played a crucial role in bringing the ...

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El Salvadorian man sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in East Texas

An El Salvadorian man has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas, ...

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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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