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    By Staff Reporter   Woodville, Texas -  As of this afternoon 7 Texas Department of Criminal Justice Employees have been arrested a...
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    By Duane Stuart The largest of the state's Correctional Officer unions, the AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, Municipal ...
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    By Lance Lowry Huntsville, Texas      Prison administrators and correctional unions sometimes go against what the science of num...
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    By Doug Glass, Backgate Website A Texas courts ruling that the Texas heat and the lack of prison air conditioning cannot be considered cr...
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     TDCJ claims they are still over 3,000 Officers short statewide as of October 1st. Over 5 Million dollars was spent on overtime for the M...
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