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These facilities lasted until 1931, when the State of Texas offered Travis County land for a courthouse to break its existing lease for the courthouse and jail. The resulting Travis County Courthouse is still in use today, but the courthouse jail closed in 1990 due to a 1972 lawsuit which deemed a jail above a county courthouse unconstitutional ...
In 2005 Travis County was the only county in Texas to vote against the Proposition 2 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with slightly under 60% of voters being against it. [28] In 2020, Travis County backed Democrat Joe Biden with nearly 72% of the vote, his strongest showing in the state and the best showing for any ...
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 ...
An inmate's death at the Travis County Jail is being investigated, according to a news release issued Sunday by the Travis County sheriff's office. Jeffrey Pope, 30, was booked into the jail Feb ...
As the Travis County Jail population returns to prepandemic levels, correctional officer vacancy rates persist — leading to concern from advocates.
Travis County has held test runs of the program since April 23, but advocates said most people in jail are not provided an attorney during this critical juncture in the criminal justice process.
There are over 150 federal law enforcement offices in Texas. including those for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Secret Service; Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and U.S. Marshals. [2]
Shearer said the Travis County Jail currently has a waitlist of up to a year for 131 people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial and are waiting to be sent to a hospital. In the ...