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A Reporter Uncovered a Scandal at the City Jail: How Nothing (Almost) Happened

Jeremiah Teustch

By Elaine Wolff

San Antonio Current | December 17, 2009

Complaints languished about the city jail until last fall, when the city and the court finally asked the police department’s Internal Affairs to take them over. What made the city do the right thing? A story that never saw the light of day.

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