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  2. 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.

  3. 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]

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    It was previously the only unit for women in West Texas. In 1997 the TDCJ proposed changing it into a men's unit. [1] T.L. Roach, Jr. Unit (Includes a Boot Camp) Preston E. Smith Unit; Daniel Webster Wallace Unit; Region VI Crain Unit (Female) (Formerly the Gatesville Unit) Hilltop Unit (Female) William P. Hobby Unit (Female) Alfred D. Hughes ...

  6. James H. Byrd Jr. Unit - Wikipedia

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    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] The prison was named after James H. Byrd, a former prison warden. [citation ...

  7. C. A. Holliday Transfer Facility - Wikipedia

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    The Holliday Transfer Facility (TDCJ Identification Code: NF, also referred to as the Holliday Transfer Unit), [1] is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facility for men located in Huntsville, Texas. Holliday is along Interstate 45 and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of Texas State Highway 30.

  8. 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]

  9. Mark W. Michael Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Mark W. Michael Unit (MI) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. [1] The unit is along Farm to Market Road 2054 , 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Tennessee Colony .