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  2. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles - Wikipedia

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    The BPP uses three-member parole voting panels for most cases, with exceptions based on violent crimes identified by statute that require a two-thirds majority of the board to grant parole. Three-member panels typically are composed of one board member and two parole commissioners. Parole eligibility is determined by TDCJ based on statute. [6]

  3. 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 ...

  4. Compassionate release - Wikipedia

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    Obtaining a compassionate release for a prison inmate is a process that varies from country to country (and sometimes even within countries) but generally involves petitioning the warden or court to the effect that the subject is terminally ill and would benefit from obtaining aid outside of the prison system, or is otherwise eligible under the relevant law.

  5. Coffield Unit - Wikipedia

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    With a capacity of 4,139 inmates, Coffield is the TDCJ's largest prison. [3] Coffield opened in June 1965. [2] In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Coffield and Powledge Unit. [4] Coffield has employee housing. [5] In early 2019 Gateway Church opened its first prison campus inside ...

  6. James H. Byrd Jr. Unit - Wikipedia

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    www.tdcj.state.tx.us /unit _directory.. /du.html 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 ]

  7. Texas.gov Announces Online Commissary Purchases and ... - AOL

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    The service is available to all eligible offenders at all units which include over 150,000 individuals in TDCJ facilities across Texas. The service is simple to use (watch the demo ) and users are ...

  8. Christina Melton Crain Unit - Wikipedia

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    Serving a life sentence. Eligible for parole in 2042. Convicted of murdering 10 people while working as a nurse at a hospital. [25] [26] [27] Debra Jeter 08388667 / 01641408 Serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Murdered one of her daughters, and attempted to murder her other, in 2009. [28] [29] [30] Verna Deann McClain

  9. Huntsville Unit - Wikipedia

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    Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States.The approximately 54.36-acre (22.00 ha) facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1]