Former Rusk TDCJ correctional officer pleads guilty for role in conspiracy to assault inmate – KLTV.com

August 1, 2026 — Corruption and Abuse

A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil-rights charge after admitting that he opened an incarcerated man’s cell and allowed other people involved in a conspiracy to assault him. Samuel Lee Thomas IV, 26, was working as a correctional officer at the Hodge Unit in Rusk, Texas, […]