1.   At least one bill pending in the Texas Legislature would increase the penalty for animal cruelty to a state jail felony.

2.   Bonds to build the state jails were approved by Texas voters last year.

3.   -- Reworking the state penal code to create prison time for repeat offenders who are now being sent to state jails.

4.   A wall phone rings shrilly, and seven women in blue state jail uniforms spread out along vast windows.

5.   But burglary of other buildings will be reduced to a state jail felony.

6.   Conviction of a state jail felony now calls for supervised probation that can last up to five years.

7.   Federal prisons are generally considered more appealing than state jails.

8.   From a Los Angeles operating room to a New York state jail cell, the answers to those two items have been clarified.

9.   His probation was mandated by state jail felony rules in effect at the time.

10.   In a letter to state lawmakers advising them of the audit plans, Collins said there are allegations of problems at other new state jails besides Top Street.