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It was operated by the GEO Group on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The facility was on the east side of Blue Mound Road, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Interstate 820 and north of Downtown Fort Worth. [2] The GEO Group was awarded the contract to operate the center on August 16, 1991. [3] The center opened in August 1991. [2]
The Tarrant County Corrections Center was constructed in 1990 because of overcrowding in nearby prisons. Completion of the prison was reportedly delayed by several causes, mainly issues with budgeting. [1] Upon completion, the building was the first fully functional direct-supervision jail in Texas.
The OJAC is housed in a former jail, the first such structure built in Shackelford County, Texas. [1] Designed by architect John Thomas of Fort Worth-based Woerner, Builders, the limestone building was constructed between 1877 and 1878 at a cost in excess of $9,000 (equivalent to $300,000 in 2023).
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Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. . Fort Worth's population was 918,915 as of the official 2020 U.S. census count, making it the 11th-most populous city in the United St
A Tarrant County Jail inmate died at John Peter Smith Hospital on Thursday after hanging himself in his cell earlier in the week, according to the sheriff’s office. ... he was arrested by Fort ...