enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Department_of...

    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 ...

  3. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Texas_state_prisons

    Prisons. Region I. 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.

  4. J. Dale Wainwright Unit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Dale_Wainwright_Unit

    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 of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. [3]

  5. James V. Allred Unit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_V._Allred_Unit

    Website. www.tdcj.state.tx.us /unit _directory /ja.html. The James V. Allred Unit[1] is a prison for males located on Farm to Market Road 369 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States, [2] 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of downtown Wichita Falls. [3][4] The prison is near Iowa Park. [5] The prison, with about 320 acres (130 ha) of land, is a part of ...

  6. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Board_of_Pardons_and...

    Website. Official website. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) [1] is a state agency that makes parole and clemency decisions for inmates in Texas prisons. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The BPP was created by constitutional amendment in 1935. It determines which prisoners are to be released on parole or discretionary mandatory ...

  7. Ruiz v. Estelle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruiz_v._Estelle

    There followed a long period of further litigation in the form of consent decrees, appeals and other legal actions, until a final judgment was rendered in 1992. [1] But problems in enforcement continued, and in 1996 U.S. Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) to address these issues as well as abuse of the prison litigation process.

  8. Interstate Identification Index - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Identification...

    The program is designed to facilitate the interstate exchange of criminal history records among state justice agencies. In addition to the interstate exchange, this index holds millions of fingerprint identification cards for criminals who have committed a serious enough crime to go to jail for over 24 hours.

  9. John B. Connally Unit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Connally_Unit

    www.tdcj.state.tx.us /unit _directory.. /cy.html The John B. Connally Unit is a maximum-security prison for males located in unincorporated Karnes County, Texas , United States . [ 1 ] It is located on Farm to Market Road 632 , just east of U.S. Highway 181 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city of Kenedy , [ 2 ] and southeast of San Antonio . [ 3 ]