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This is a list of state prisons in Texas. The list includes only those facilities under the supervision of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and includes some facilities operated under contract by private entities to TDCJ.
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 ...
NCIC Correctional Services (NCIC) owns and operates the largest employee-held inmate telephones company in the world. As of June 2019, the company served a total of over 750 prisons in over 8 countries. [1] and is certified in all US states and Canada. [2] Headquartered in Longview, Texas, United States, NCIC processes over 500,000 calls per day.
By January 2012 the Harris County jails had 8,573, a decrease by 31% from 2008 to 2012, and there were only 21 inmates serving time in other jail facilities, all in Texas. [10] The jail population increased since the Texas Legislature cut its community mental health services funding by $400 million in 2003. Between 2004 and 2009 the population ...
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O'Neal pleaded guilty in July, was assigned inmate number 44097-177, and was released in April 2013. [1] In October 2012, inmate Phillip Monroe Ballard, 71, was charged with soliciting the murder-for-hire of U.S. District Judge John McBryde from FCI Fort Worth. The indictment alleges that Ballard, who was scheduled to go on trial for tax ...
The housing would be a combination of 38 “comfort” tiny homes that are 500 square feet as well as an 84-unit apartment complex. “This is a great opportunity and a great location,” said ...
The state of Texas purchased the prison farm property in 1885 or 1886. Previously several private plantations based here used convict leasing for labor. [ 8 ] This system has been called "slavery by another name", as lessees operated with little oversight by the state as to their treatment of convicts. [ 9 ]