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Texas prisons saw 2,500% increase in overdose deaths in 7 years, TDCJ leader says

The deaths represent a relatively small portion of people in Texas prisons. But Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...
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TDCJ official confirms in trial testimony that it could cost $1.5 billion to fully cool Texas prisons

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Jasper corrections officer arrested for official oppression, resigns from TDCJ, fired from Jasper County sheriff's office

A former Texas correctional officer, Samuel Horn, was arrested for allegedly injuring a parolee and neglecting to provide ...
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Justice but not closure; Terry Rose sentenced to 40 years

Terry Rose has been sentenced to 40 years in the Texas Department of Corrections for the murder of Kimberly Langwell, whose disappearance in 1999 left her family in anguish for decades. Judge Raquel ...
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Stiles Unit correctional officer on leave following arrest for official oppression

A Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officer in Beaumont found herself on the wrong side of the bars.KFDM News has learned 46-year-old Temetra Adams-Childress was arrested Wednesday for ...