Rocky Mountain News
DENVER, Colo. — A jail in northern Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars - including cells that locked from the inside or contained recliners.
Five inmates already had been moved from the Montague County Jail to one in a nearby county this month after an FBI raid, said district attorney Jack McGaughey.McGaughey said some surveillance cameras’ cords had been disconnected; recliners were in cells; some cells could be locked from the inside; and inmates had made partitions out of paper towels to block jailers’ views. One alarming discovery was a type of rack made of nails, he said.
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