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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — Officers regained control of a South Texas prison where inmates had set fires, and caused significant damage after taking over part of the facility, according to the private contractor operating the prison.
About 300 of the 2,800 inmates were moved Sunday from the Willacy County Correctional Center to other federal facilities, according to Issa Arnita, a spokesperson for Management and Training Corporation, the Utah-based company that runs the prison. A few hundred more will be transferred before the day is out, and the rest will be moved over the next few days.
Arnita declined to say where the inmates would be taken or how long they would remain there, citing security reasons. He did say they would be taken to other federal units in Texas and elsewhere, and he described them as "cooperative" with the transfers. Read more...
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