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Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The city is named for mineral wells in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s.
2.3 Private pre-parole transfer facilities. ... This is a list of state prisons in Texas. ... Mineral Wells Unit; Private work programs
Fort Wolters U.S. Highway 180 gate in 2018. Fort Wolters was a United States military installation four miles northeast of Mineral Wells, Texas.. The fort was originally named Camp Wolters in honor of Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the 56th Cavalry Brigade of the National Guard, which used the area as a summer training ground. [1]
Texas’ parole board on Monday denied clemency for death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday for a 2001 murder, despite the fact a key expert witness no longer ...
The state lawmakers, as well, had wanted the prison closed because the State of Texas had a decrease in its state jail population. Texas Senator John Whitmire advocated for closing Dawson and the Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility in late 2012. In May 2013 the state government moved to end the $97 million budget for the facility as a ...
Aug. 15—MINERAL WELLS — A team of four is promoting Mineral Wells from all angles, and they're just crazy enough to pull it off. ... Jordan is plying the city's new legislative designation as ...
The BBP was created by the Texas State Legislature in 1929, with three members appointed by the governor and one designated as supervisor of paroles.. In 1935, the Texas Constitution [3] was amended to create the BPP as a member of the executive branch with constitutional authority, and making the governor's clemency authority subject to board recommendation.
Texas State Sen. Glenn Rogers has formally filed a pre-Legislative-session bill that would designate Mineral Wells as “The Wellness Capital of Texas.”