41.   A copy of the videotape was delivered late Thursday to Missouri prison officials, who planned to look at it before going to Texas on Friday to investigate further.

42.   A prison official laments that there is nowhere else to send the afflicted youths.

43.   A new state prison opened this year, but prison officials acknowledge that it does not begin to address the demand for more jail cells.

44.   A prison official will sit next to Jeffers.

45.   A prison official poked me with an electric cattle prod, poured boiling water over me.

46.   According to prison officials, Roland does not appear to have any connections to Terre Haute.

47.   After that, prison officials delayed strapping the condemned to the gurney until it was clear an execution would be carried out.

48.   After replacing its electric chair with lethal injection, Georgia has carried out the executions of six condemned prisoners with what prison officials maintain was only routine difficulty.

49.   After the incident, prison officials curtailed contact visits because of safety concerns.