In-Person Visitation Resumes at Texas Prisons on March 15
The in-person, face-to-face visits for Texas inmates will resume after a one-year suspension because of COVID-19. Visitors will have sign up for a time and pass a COVID-19 rapid test.
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US Supreme Court Rules Lubbock Prison Guards Can Be Sued
On Monday, November 2nd, the United States Supreme Court ruled that prison guards at the Montford Unit in Lubbock don't have qualified immunity for leaving a prisoner in filthy conditions over several days.
Lubbock Man's Prison Sentence to be Reconsidered
A Lubbock man who is currently serving 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography has filed a motion to request a lower sentence.
Judge Sentences Lubbock Man to 15 Years for Arson
Michael Tyler Thompson was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Central Lubbock home in November 2017.
Lubbock Man Accepts Plea Deal for Murdering His Mother
Kody Climer, the man who Monday claimed to be innocent of the charge of killing his mother, has accepted a plea deal for the murder.
Lubbock Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Wire Fraud
A Lubbock woman was sentenced on Thursday by a federal court in New Mexico to 2 years in prison for wire fraud.
This Was No Ordinary Yard Sale in Levelland
This Levelland yard sale was for a good cause, I guess. But everything had to go, including whomever was holding the sale.
The New Prison Currency Is…Honey Buns?
Gorging on junk food has easily replaced smoking as America's number one vice. And nowhere is the change more evident than . . . our country's prisons. The cigarettesS inmates traded in prison have lost their value, and a new currency has stepped up.