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Coffield Unit corrections officer accused of delivering drugs, tobacco to inmate for money
A jailer has been arrested following an investigation into a “compromised employee” at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony.
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‘It Will Take the Breath Out of You’: Prisoners Describe Extreme Nighttime Heat in Texas Units
The H. H. Coffield Unit prison near Tennessee Colony is made up of squat redbrick buildings. During the day, the sun beats down on the walls, and the bricks drink in the heat. At night ...
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Texas inmate killed by cellmate during a statewide prison lockdown
On Sept. 5, an inmate at the Coffield Unit stabbed a correctional officer in a high security unit. TDCJ officers responded to this incident with excessive force and prison system spokesperson ...
Dallas Morning News9mon
Texas prison inmates swelter amid persistent guard staffing shortages, critics say
The reason: There weren’t enough guards at the H.H. Coffield Unit to watch him ... advocates and a former guard claim the prison system isn’t following through on those promises.
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Man accused in deaths of 22 elderly women in Texas killed by his prison cellmate
In Ellen French House's victim impact statement, she told Chemirmir, who was wearing a striped jail uniform ... He was imprisoned at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, located about 100 ...
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‘I thought I was going to die there.’ What it’s like to live with rising temperatures in prison
Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony ... a PBS NewsHour special report When Hayley Barna was incarcerated in a Texas prison in 2020, the scorching summer temperatures caused a migraine that she ...
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Prison Guard Shortfall Makes It Harder for Inmates to Get Reprieve From Extreme Heat, Critics Say
Prison Guard Shortfall Makes It Harder for ... The reason: There weren’t enough guards at the H.H. Coffield Unit to watch him. Attorneys for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who are ...