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  2. James H. Byrd Jr. Unit - Wikipedia

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    The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit (DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The 93 acres (38 ha) diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247. [1] The prison was named after James H. Byrd, a former prison warden. [citation ...

  3. Conjugal visit - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, the Punjab and Haryana High Court held that the right of married convicts and jail inmates to have conjugal visits or artificial insemination for pregnancy was a fundamental right. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In January 2018, Madras High court allowed a two week conjugal visit to an inmate serving life term in Tamil Nadu prison for the "purpose of ...

  4. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Pam Lychner State Jail (originally Atascocita Unit) Lucille G. Plane State Jail (Female) Region IV Fabian Dale Dominguez State Jail; Renaldo V. Lopez State Jail; Joe Ney State Jail (originally the Hondo Unit) Rogelio Sanchez State Jail; Region V Marshall Formby State Jail; J.B. Wheeler State Jail; Region VI Travis County State Jail; Linda ...

  5. Alfred D. Hughes Unit - Wikipedia

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    Alfred D. Hughes Unit is a prison for men of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in Gatesville, Texas. The prison is named after Al Hughes who served as a chairperson on the Texas Board of Corrections from 1985 to 1989. The 390 acres (160 ha) facility is located along Farm to Market Road 929, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Texas Loop ...

  6. Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Inmate video visitation - Wikipedia

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    The Inmate Video Visitation System concept was first developed and installed by Datapoint Corporation for the Brevard County Jail Complex in Brevard County, Florida. The world's first inmate video visitation system was installed in late 1995 followed shortly thereafter with a similar installation at the St. Lucie County Jail in Ft. Pierce ...

  8. Intermittent Confinement - Wikipedia

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    In the United States and Canada, intermittent confinement or weekend jail is an alternative sentence in which a defendant is required to report to a correctional facility for multiple short periods of incarceration, usually during the weekend. This type of sentence allows a defendant to maintain employment and family relationships while ...

  9. Thomas Goree Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Thomas Goree Unit (GR) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison, located in Huntsville, Texas, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of downtown Huntsville on Texas State Highway 75 South. The Goree Unit is located within Region I. [ 1 ] First opened in 1911, it served as the only women's correctional facility in Texas until 1982, after the ...