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Monday, April 22, 2013  A Starr County jailer is off the job and facing criminal charges after being accused of supplying illegal drugs and tobacco to inmates in his care.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Authorities are on a alert following a jail break south of the border in Miguel Aleman, a city just across the border from Roma.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz was clear with his message Thursday.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A Mission family told Action 4 News that they are working to get their grandmother out of jail in a decades old drug case.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  A former guard at a South Texas detention center that houses federal detainees for U.S. marshals has been sentenced to one year in prison for smuggling a cellphone into the facility.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 

Friday, October 26, 2012  Authorities are confirming that four out of 132 escaped inmates from a prison in Piedras Negras are dead while another nine have been captured.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  A jail guard at the East Hildago Detention Center found himself on the other side of the law after being accused of smuggling a cell phone to an inmate.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  Former employee of East Hidalgo Detention Center speaks out in the midst of federal investigation.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Juveniles are sent to the Amador R. Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp School in San Benito for long term discipline. Cadets try to re-learn right from wrong.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  A Brownsville woman says her teenage daughter was subjected to unwanted sex acts while she was in a juvenile detention center and now wants authorities to take action.

Thursday, January 12, 2012  Authorities are trying to track down a leak that has taken out water service to half of the East Hidalgo Detention Center in La Villa.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  Some 31 prisoners are dead and another 13 are wounded following a prison riot south of the border in Altamira.

Sunday, October 16, 2011  An American citizen has been confirmed among 20 people killed in a prison brawl south of the border in Matamoros.

Saturday, October 15, 2011  At least 20 inmates are dead and another 12 are wounded following an early Saturday morning prison brawl south of the border in Matamoros.