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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.
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 ...
Murder of James Byrd Jr. James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an ...
A rise in drug-related violence has prompted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to issue a statewide lockdown of its prison facilities, according to agency officials.
In Michigan, the number of self-inflicted deaths more than doubled to 10 last year, compared to four in 2019. In federal prisons, the suicide rate rose slightly, even though there were three fewer ...
August 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM. By Sarah N. Lynch. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its ...
Signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2003. Major amendments. Second Chance Act of 2007. The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 ( PREA) is the first United States federal law intended to deter the sexual assault of prisoners. The bill was signed into law on September 4, 2003.
Wainwright Unit. / 30.97750°N 95.63250°W / 30.97750; -95.63250. 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 ...