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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 ]
The Beauford H. Jester III Unit (J3) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A , 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond .
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 ...
The Wayne Scott Unit (J4), formerly known as the Beauford H. Jester IV Unit, is a psychiatric facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Richmond. It is a part of the Jester State Prison Farm property and it is located on U.S. Highway 90A. [1]
Two county jail guards have been indicted on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate in Texas. The indictments, dated Tuesday, charge Joel Garcia, 48, and Rafael Moreno Jr., 37, in ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
The Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (Previously named Huron Valley Women’s Complex) at 3511 Bemis Road, Ypsilanti 48197, opened its doors as a brand new facility on August 5, 1977, the day the Detroit House of Corrections in Plymouth on Five Mile Road closed for women permanently.
Carol S. Vance Unit (J2, previously the Harlem II Unit and the Jester II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison located in unincorporated central Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit, located in flatlands, [2] is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond. [1]