Two prison guards in Texas have been arrested in connection with the death of an inmate after they allegedly refused to let him out of his cell despite a visible fire burning inside.

Sgt. Crystal Janelle West and Lt. William Eugene Romero were taken into custody over the weekend and are facing felony charges over the fatal incident.

In a statement to Law&Crime, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed that two of the agency's employees were arrested on Sunday "for their role in the failure to render aid to an inmate at the William P. Clements Unit," which is located in Amarillo.

According to the TDCJ, at about 3:18 a.m. on Sunday morning, staff at the Clements Unit "entered the cell of an inmate who lit a fire in his cell and had become unresponsive."

The inmate, whose identi

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