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Recent News About Lychner State Jail

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  Appellate court rules Texas Department of Criminal Justice can't claim immunity in inmate's suit

  By Elizabeth Alt | Monday, Jul 16, 2018 @ 10:36am

  HOUSTON – The Texas 1st District Court of Appeals upheld a trial court's ruling denying the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s plea for personal jurisdiction in an inmate’s suit alleging negligence and excessive force against a prison guard and the TDCJ.

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