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West Texas private prison to shut down after Tarrant County ends contract to outsource prisoners
The Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility failed a state safety inspection last year. Even though it passed a reinspection, ...
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Texas Counties are Resorting to Teenagers to Solve Prison and Jail Guard Shortages
Smith County and Randall County officials have partnered with local high schools to house training programs that allows ...
Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme indoor heat, critics say
About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled. Inmates say the shortages make it harder for them to get ...
DOJ: Texas man arrested for threatening to kill Nashville's District Attorney General on hate group's social media channels
A release from prosecutors said David Aaron Bloyed, 59, could face up to five years in federal prison for threatening to kill ...
Rapper drugged and sex trafficked teens in Texas, feds say. ‘Took away her childhood’
For several young girls, he breathed life into his poorly crafted lyrics – providing drugs, starving and trafficking them for ...
Hundreds of Harris County inmates to be moved from closing west Texas private jail to Louisiana
The impending closure of the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County has Harris County making plans to move ...
Texas man sentenced for extorting Idaho farmworkers, filing false tax returns
Ernesto Garza, 62, of Alamo, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford. Garza will also serve three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay ...
Intoxicated Lacy Lakeview driver sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 traffic death
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Lacy Lakeview man who was driving drunk and in excess of 100 mph when he ran a red light and collided ...
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Soldier who deserted to North Korea sentenced to year in prison, released immediately for time served
Pvt. Travis King on Friday pleaded guilty to desertion and told a military judge that he ran into North Korea last year ...
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Texas Man Who Kidnapped 15-Year-Old Sale Creek Girl Gets Prison Time
A 32-year-old Texas man who was charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Sale Creek girl and driving her to a hotel in Meridian, ...
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Gang member sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing 5 in Houston murder spree
"I'm not scared of you," a mother said in a statement to her son's killer. Even though the mother blames Christian Cavazos for her pain, she wanted him to know she still has her power.