Inmate Murdered at Clements Unit
07/24/2008
Amarillo, Texas - The Amarillo Globe News is reporting an inmate was murdered
Thursday at the Clements unit at 8:52 a.m. The inmate was found unresponsive in
his cell.
The 51-year-old man was pronounced dead at 9:11 a.m. after being taken to the
prison's infirmary.
The unit is 135 officers short and has 72 additional officers out on leave. Within the
last 2 months TDCJ had inmates murdered on the Polunsky Unit, and the Gib Lewis
Unit.
Source Links:
Amarillo Blobe Newspaper Story
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/072508/new_10849089.shtml
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