Texas youth prison guards allegedly choked teen unconscious
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Two Texas youth prison guards are accused of choking a teenager in custody until he became unconscious and asking him if he was "ready to go sleep."
Court documents released Friday also accuse a third correctional officer at the same state-run juvenile lockup in North Texas of walking up to another teenager and punching him in the head and body four times with a closed fist.
All three were arrested this week and charged with official oppression as part of a state investigation into the troubled Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Since last year, at least nine Texas juvenile correctional officers have been arrested on abuse or misconduct charges.
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It was not immediately clear Friday whether the latest correctional officers arrested had been arraigned or entered a plea.