DALLAS -- Sexual assaults in state prisons are up sharply, with hundreds of inmates reporting that they were attacked by cellmates or corrections officers. State records show the number of reported sexual assaults in Texas prisons has increased by 160 percent -- from 234 in 2000 to 609 in 2004. The records show at least 129 Texas prisoners have alleged that they were raped or had sexual contact with corrections officers since 2000. Claims of inmate-on-inmate rape was even more frequent. State officials said the increase in reported assaults resulted from their vigilance in punishing offenders. However, inmate advocates said...