The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will temporarily stop transporting most inmates while it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a prison bus last month.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Monday it will temporarily suspend most transportation of inmates while it reviews the escape of a convicted murderer from a prison bus last month., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
TDCJ will conduct “a comprehensive review of its transportation procedures,” according to a statement from the agency. During the review, transports like transfers between units to adjust the inmate population will be suspended. If moving an inmate is necessary to release them or for an emergency medical appointment while the review is being conducted, they will be transported with additional security in place.
Hurst said he was “not aware of a suspension like this being done before.” TDCJ did not say how long the review process will take.Authorities fatally shoot convicted murderer who killed family of five while on the lamThe review comes after Gonzalo Lopez, 46, who was serving two life sentences, escaped May 12.
Authorities say Lopez killed one man and his four grandchildren in Leon County while on the loose. Lopez was apprehended and shot by law enforcement on June 2 in Jourdanton, over 200 miles from where Lopez was originally housed in Gatesville, and 250 miles from where the victims died.
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