86 Prisons Locked Down Indefinitely
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From Times Wire Reports
Texas’ 86 prisons were ordered locked down indefinitely for a search for weapons and other illegal items after an inmate was stabbed to death in the latest in a string of major security breaches. The lockdown, ordered by the state’s prison chief in Huntsville, Texas, means visitors are banned and all 122,000 inmates are confined to their cells. The rare blanket action in the nation’s second-largest prison system came after several incidents in which prisoners have been caught with weapons or other illegal items.
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