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Does Increased Guard Violence Mean Texas Prisoners Are at Greater Risk?
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2020
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2020, page 42
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Texas.
by Matt Clarke
Violence perpetrated against prisoners by staff of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to the prison system’s own statistics. From 6,624 use-of-force incidents by staff against prisoners in 2009 — just over 40 per 1,000 prisoners – the ...
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