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Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby said early Wednesday morning that a Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus, which was carrying inmates, broke down on the side of Highway 63 in Burkeville. Burby said his deputies stood by with the bus until another TDCJ bus arrived, and then deputies assisted prison officials in transferring the inmates to the other bus. According to Burby, the inmates were being transferred from one prison unit to another.