Texas couple gets lengthy prison sentences after their pit bulls mauled elderly veteran to death
A Texas couple whose pit bulls viciously mauled an elderly veteran to death will each spend nearly a decade behind bars for ...
Texas couple sentenced to prison after pit bulls killed 81-year-old man
A Texas couple was sentenced to more than a decade in prison each Friday after their pit bulls got loose and killed an ...
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 ...
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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 Rapper Slando Kareem Sentenced To Life In Prison For Sex Trafficking
Houston rapper Jacorey Nathaniel Anderson — also known as Slando Kareem — has been sentenced to life in prison for sex ...
Texas man sentenced to 40 months in prison for kicking cat like a 'football field goal'
A Beaumont man has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for animal crushing after kicking a cat in a video posted on ...
Texas man sentenced to prison for embezzling from Norfolk transit company
The former manager of Norfolk's North Fork Area Transit was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of embezzling more ...
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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 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 students to become correctional officers ...