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Administrators Fired at Privately-Run Texas Jail
Loaded on July 10, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2014, page 47
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Community Education Centers,
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct.
Location:
Texas.
Administrators Fired at Privately-Run Texas Jail
The warden and head of security at the Liberty County Jail (LCJ) in Liberty, Texas have been fired in the wake of allegations that the chief of security sexually assaulted a female prisoner at the facility. The 285-bed jail is operated by the New ...
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