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Record Number of Texas Prison Guards Arrested
Loaded on May 15, 2007
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2007, page 26
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Crime,
Staffing.
Location:
Texas.
It has often been said that it?s hard to tell the cops from the crooks. In Texas this may be true for prison guards as well. In April 2006, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) released information indicating that record numbers of guards have been ...
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