Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...
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Texas corrections officers are driving long distances to cover shifts in remote areas as the Department of Criminal Justice copes with short-staffing issues.
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Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional facilities with staffing challenges and do a better job at supervising inmate rehabilitation programs ...
2 inmates sentenced to death don’t want President Biden’s commutation to life in prison
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis filed petitions in federal court a week after Biden announced he would remove 37 out of 40 ...
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Texas prisons don’t have enough guards. Filling the gaps is costing the state money.
Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where ...
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Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
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2 inmates sentenced to death don’t want President Biden’s commutation to life in prison
“But neither one of us thinks that it’s a life worth living with him in prison ... another inmate at the U.S. penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas. At the time, Shannon Agofsky was serving ...