Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
W. J. "Jim" Estelle Unit [1] (E2, originally the Ellis II Unit) also known as the Estelle Supermax Penitentiary, is a prison located on Farm to Market Road 3478 in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, United States, [2] 10 miles (16 km) north of central Huntsville.
There followed a long period of further litigation in the form of consent decrees, appeals and other legal actions, until a final judgment was rendered in 1992. [1] But problems in enforcement continued, and in 1996 U.S. Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) to address these issues as well as abuse of the prison litigation process.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
The book begins with "A Short History of Texas Prisons," documenting the history of the TDCJ and its predecessor agencies, then has the guide on prison life and operations. [2] According to Lisa E. Brooks of The Urban Institute, the author describes the TDCJ in "laudably evenhanded" ways, and criticizes both inmates and TDCJ employees. [2]
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced last September that it was moving to a digital mail platform, where all incoming physical paper mail would be scanned and uploaded to the inmate ...
In order to use an inmate telephone service, inmates must register and provide a list of names and numbers for the people they intend to communicate with. [5] Call limitations vary depending on the prison's house rule, but calls are typically limited to 15 minutes each, and inmates must wait thirty minutes before being allowed to make another call. [6]
The show continues to share pertinent news, success stories, interviews, important cases and issues, and to provide a platform for families and friends of inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to call in and have their "shout-outs" broadcast over the 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston airwaves, so that inmates in their broadcast range can hear ...
www.tdcj.texas.gov /unit _directory /rb.html The French M. Robertson Unit is a maximum-security state prison located on Farm to Market Road 3522 in Abilene , Texas , United States , 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Downtown Abilene in Jones County .