MONTAGUE, Texas - For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. Inside the small brick building across from the courthouse, inmates had the run of the place, having sex with their jailer girlfriends, bringing in recliners, taking drugs and chatting on cell phones supplied by friends or guards, according to authorities. They also disabled some of the surveillance cameras and made weapons out of nails. ...more

March 17, 2009

For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Texas sheriff and jail guards face charges over jailhouse escapades. ...more

March 16, 2009

A 33-year-old man is being held without bail today, accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in Tampa, police say. Damion Robert Collins of Richmond, Va., arrived at the Orient Road Jail on Monday after being extradited from Grimes County, Texas, jail records show. He was arrested in Texas on five warrants charging him with felony sexual battery on a victim younger than 12. ...more

October 7, 2008