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The county designates the 701 Jail as a "Direct Observation" facility, where staff members monitor inmates continuously for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. [15] In 2002 the 701 Jail was the second largest American jail, with the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department being the largest. [16]
Struth, a 74-year-old internal medicine doctor at Houston Healthcare, was arrested Monday after a joint investigation by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Task Force, said Lt ...
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]
It is headquartered on the first and second floors in the 1200 Baker Street Jail in Downtown Houston. [2] [3] As of the 2010 U.S. census, the county had a population of 4.1 million, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston.
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 ...
The wife of a man who was shot to death by Houston County sheriff’s deputies has filed a wrongful death suit claiming the victim posed no threat to the officer and the use of deadly force was ...
Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton has died, according to Gov. Brian Kemp and the sheriff’s office. ... The best books of 2024, according to Goodreads. See all deals. In Other News. Entertainment.
In 1874, Caledonia was named and construction soon began on the jail and sheriff's residence. By 1882 planning began on the courthouse. Construction was by Noonan and Stellwager at a cost of $60,000, and the building was completed in 1885. Taxpayers criticized the expense of ornamental carpentry and five chandeliers, while county taxes doubled.