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The Texas prison system’s 100 units have been placed on a statewide lockdown due to a series of drug-related inmate homicides, officials announced on Wednesday. During the lockdown, inmates will ...
State prisons across Texas, including the Allred Unit in Wichita Falls, are under immediate lockdown because of contraband drugs and murders.
The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others injured during a gang altercation at a Texas penitentiary.
Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Michael, Beto, Coffield, Gurney, and Powledge units) 1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Michael Unit The Mark W. Michael Unit ( MI ) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in unincorporated Anderson County , Texas . [ 1 ]
The J. Dale Wainwright Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men, located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas. [1] [2] Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the J. Dale Wainwright Unit after a former chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. [3]
The state has canceled all visits to Texas prison inmates until a comprehensive search of all 100 correctional facilities for contraband has been completed.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville (FCI Seagoville) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Seagoville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility includes a detention center for ...
The killing of inmate Billy Chemirmir in the Coffield Unit occurred during a statewide lockdown of prisons, promoted by a rise in inmate homicides. A day before the lockdown, another incident at ...