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Whitmire: Latest escape shows TDCJ needs 'shakeup' over contraband

After spending the last year trying to get the Texas prison system to reduce contraband flows, I'll bet state Sen. John Whitmire's head nearly exploded when he learned of yesterday's escape using a gun smuggled to an inmate. In an article by Peggy O'Hare in the Houston Chronicle, he openly called for Governor Perry to replace the board and top administrators at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice:After facing serious questions about how 900 prohibited cell phones were smuggled into Texas prisons this year along with drugs and weapons, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice found itself on the defensive again Tuesday while trying to find an inmate who escaped despite being shackled to a wheelchair. TDCJ officials could answer few questions Tuesday about how convicted rapist Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 02, 2009 (boomark / email).