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It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.
The state asked for bids from private companies, anticipating a major buildout of juvenile prisons. In 1995, Slattery won two contracts to operate facilities in Florida. The two new prisons were originally intended to house boys between 14 and 19 who had been criminally convicted as adults.
The Tarrant County Corrections Center was constructed in 1990 because of overcrowding in nearby prisons. Completion of the prison was reportedly delayed by several causes, mainly issues with budgeting. [1] Upon completion, the building was the first fully functional direct-supervision jail in Texas.
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 union president at FMC Carswell prison in Fort Worth laid out accusations of “corruption, misconduct and malfeasance” at the federal women’s prison in a letter sent to state and federal ...
About two-thirds of the state’s 87 prison and jail facilities have no or partial air conditioning, Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials said last year.
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www.tdcj.state.tx.us /unit _directory.. /hi.html The L. V. Hightower Unit ( HI ) or Hightower Unit is a prison in Texas, United States, within the Texas Department of Corrections system. It is located in unincorporated Liberty County , [ 2 ] near Dayton, Texas .