Houston Public MediaEmployees from at least one Texas prison falsified temperature logs that help the agency decide when the conditions inside are dangerous to inmates and staff, according to an internal investigation triggered by a federal lawsuit.
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Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures behind bars, internal investigation finds
The investigation, which homed in on recordkeeping at the Mark W. Stiles Unit in Beaumont over the summer of 2022, found prison staff “recreated” logs that were missing or had been “defaced (e.g., doodles, stick figure cartoons, etc.) by staff.”