Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 497.082. Use of Regular Inmates as Trusties Prohibited

An employee of the institutional division may not use the inmate as a trusty unless the division appoints the inmate to serve as a trusty.  However, in the case of an extreme emergency, as determined by a farm manager, the farm manager may fill a vacancy in a position formerly held by a trusty by appointing an inmate to serve in that position for not more than 10 days.