The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, conducted an internal review of the escape and also hired an outside firm to do an independent review.
Texas Department of Criminal JusticeAdditionally, two officers had falsified search logs indicating Lopez’s cell had been searched when it had not.
Attorneys for the Collins family have notified the Texas agency that they plan to file a lawsuit against it over the deaths.
CGL also made several recommendations, including suggesting TDCJ reconfigure transport buses to improve security and develop strategies to reduce its staff vacancies.
In the month before Lopez’s escape, 43% of correctional officer jobs at the Hughes Unit were vacant.