Inmates Suffer Frostbite; Prison Windows Repaired
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BRAZORIA, Tex. — Texas Department of Corrections officials Friday speeded the replacement of broken windows at a prison where three inmates suffered frostbite in 20-degree weather.
Officials are investigating the prisoners’ claims that guards ignored their complaints about injury from the cold and requests for more blankets, corrections spokesman Phil Guthrie said.
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