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Texas contraband sweep finished
By Associated Press
Published: 10/30/2008

TEXAS - About one-third of Texas prisons have now been taken off lockdown after a contraband sweep is finished. The search revealed more than 70 banned devices-- including a handful of cell phones among death row inmates.

The lockdown began this month after death row inmate Richard Tabler was caught with a cell phone. Investigators say he was using the phone to make threatening calls to a state senator. Investigators say they think some [officers] smuggled the contraband to prisoners in exchange for bribes. Read more.

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