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| Texas Inmate Newspaper Suspended |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/23/2001 |
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A newspaper published by and for Texas inmates for more than 70 years has been shut down amid security concerns raised by the escape of seven inmates from a maximum-security prison. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice declared the work arrangement a security risk Friday and indefinitely canceled publication, spokesman Glen Castlebury said recently. He said the newspaper office is in a remote section at the Huntsville Unit, raising security concerns. A search for another location was expected. The Echo, produced at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, was a free, 12-page monthly newspaper with a circulation of 130,000. Subscribers included relatives of inmates who relied on the no-ad paper for prison information. A staff of five inmates, including a former journalist serving a 60-year sentence for aggravated robbery, produced the paper with correspondents filing reports from prisons throughout the state. 'It was decided they would temporarily put the guys to other jobs and search for a more secure location,' said Sharon Keilin, who supervised the publication. 'It's had bumps and things in its 73-year history. It has survived them. It will survive this one.' The seven inmates at the Connally Unit southeast of San Antonio overpowered 13 prison employees during their escape in December. Six weeks later, four of the men were captured, two surrendered and one killed himself in Colorado. They are suspected of killing a police officer during their escape. |
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