Amarillo, Texas - The Amarillo Globe News is reporting an inmate was murdered his cell.
The 51-year-old man was pronounced dead at 9:11 a.m. after being taken to the prison's infirmary.
The unit is 135 officers short and has 72 additional officers out on leave. Within the last 2 months TDCJ had inmates murdered on the Polunsky Unit, and the Gib Lewis Unit.