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Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic

Loaded on March 15, 2009 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News March, 2009, page 29
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Prison/Common Area Searches, Criminal Prosecution, Lockdowns, Telephone Access, Death Row, State Legislation. Locations: Afghanistan, New Zealand, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas.
by Matt Clarke

On October 20, 2008, Texas Governor Rick Perry placed all 112 prisons and 155,000 prisoners in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on lockdown to search for cell phones after a state senator received calls from a death row prisoner.

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