1.   At long last, Texas has empty prison beds these days.

2.   Adult prison beds are increasingly reserved for violent offenders.

3.   But we are told that plea bargains are necessary due to insufficient courts, prosecutors and prison beds needed to handle all the criminals arrested by police.

4.   Despite the availability of prison beds, the criminals have to be freed.

5.   Fueling the boom of private prisons is the public demand for more prison beds, which has placed growing demands on state budgets.

6.   In a third, there is another mound of powder spreading over the bottom of a metal prison bed, perhaps providing an exit route.

7.   In some cases, the options being considered to free up more prison beds are the same programs Texas just did away in the name of public safety.

8.   It redirects money initially proposed for new prison beds.

9.   Lebanon has few available prison beds.

10.   Pataki says more prison beds are needed to handle an increasing number of violent offenders.