Dec. 23, 2007, 1:55PM
Guard indicted in inmate's beating death
Associated Press
PLAINVIEW — A prison guard has been indicted on a murder charge in
the death of an inmate.
Jose Rodriguez, 28, a corrections officer for the Wheeler unit in
Plainview, was awaiting arraignment and remained free. He was
indicted by a Hale County grand jury on Thursday in the death of Paul
Ray Judia, 52.
Judia died days after his head was slammed into a cell wall, the
indictment said.
The Nov. 12 incident happened "during a major use of force" after the
inmate allegedly kicked Rodriguez, Warden David Cole said.
Judia died Nov. 15 at University Medical Center in Lubbock. He was a
transfer inmate from Eastland County who was serving a 10-year
sentence for burglary.
Rodriguez was hired in March 2005.