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Kids guarding kids

While we haven't seen many staff prosecutions as a result of the contraband scandal in Texas adult prisons last fall, news arrives from Waco of a 23-year old TYC guard receiving a four year prison sentence for smuggling pot onto the Mart II unit. "Judge Matt Johnson of Waco?s 54th State District Court rejected a plea agreement between [Phillip Patrick] Spain and the McLennan County District Attorney?s Office that called for Spain to be placed on felony probation for 10 years."Like the sex abuse allegations revealed in December, I think about this news with mixed emotions. On the one hand, clearly the agency's problems aren't fixed.On the other, it's likely these issues would never even have come to light two or three years ago before the Office of Inspector General was created, and no prison - adult or juvie - is immune to corruption of youthful, underpaid, unqualified staff...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 24, 2009 (boomark / email).