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MONAHANS, Texas (AP) - Two former youth prison administrators pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they sexually abused inmates at the juvenile detention facility they managed.
The charges are the most serious to emerge from the scandal that erupted after news accounts revealed that Texas Rangers had found rampant sexual abuse at the remote prison in 2005, but prosecutors and the Texas Youth Commission took no action.
The Rangers' report accused Ray E. Brookins, assistant superintendent at the West Texas State School in Pyote, and John Paul Hernandez, principal at the jail, of sexually abusing inmates ages 16 to 19. Both were allowed to quietly quit their jobs in early 2005.
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