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Criminal Guards in Texas
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2002, page 28
Four female guards were each freed from Jefferson County Jail on $6,000 bond early in January 2002 after being charged with crimes involving sex with Texas prisoners. The four women were employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) at the Mark W. Stiles State Prison, a 2,800-man maximum-security …
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Texas.
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