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[1] [2] Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the J. Dale Wainwright Unit after a former chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. [3] The 12,789 acres (5,176 ha) prison is located on Farm to Market Road 230, [4] near Lovelady and 13 miles (21 km) west of Trinity. [2]
Initially ruled officially as a suicide, a version heavily disputed, authorities later admitted that Albán was killed during his detention. [45] Whitey Bulger: 2018-10-30 United States: Killed by prison inmates: American mobster: Andrew Urdiales: 2018-11-02 United States: Suicide by hanging Serial killer Serhiy Tkach: 2018-11-04 Ukraine: Heart ...
Lovelady is perhaps best known for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Eastham Unit, a medium security penitentiary housing some 2,400 inmates for various offenses. The local economy is dependent on the employment of the local workforce at the prison, which has a current staff of 718 employees. [11]
The Texas family killed by an escaped inmate was identified as a 66-year-old man and his four grandchildren, authorities said. Grandfather, 4 grandchildren killed by escaped Texas inmate are ...
Texas’ prison agency will suspend the transport of inmates after a convicted killer escaped from a prison bus last month and killed five members of a family Texas suspends inmate transports ...
The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville is a prison operated by the Correctional Institutions Division; it houses the state execution chamber Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row Clemens Unit. Eastham Unit; Ellis Unit; W.J. Estelle Unit; Ferguson Unit; Thomas Goree Unit; Huntsville Unit – Texas State Penitentiary at ...
Charles Voyde Harrelson (July 23, 1938 – March 15, 2007) [1] was an American contract killer and organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century.
Hernandez said most inmates have access to a tablet from 5 a.m. to midnight every day, and they can still make phone calls from pay phones in the prison. Inmates with certain disciplinary ...