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Texas Prison Warden Pleads Guilty; Prison Workers Arrested in Major Drug Bust
Loaded on April 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2002, page 7
A former Texas prison warden who pled guilty to stealing more than $9,300 from a charity fund was sentenced to 5 years probation by a Coryell County District Court in Gatesville, Texas.
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Texas.
On October 18, 2001, Linda Moten, who retired in August 2001 as warden of the Gatesville State Prison ...
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