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It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.
A bond for a new jail was passed in 1978, and the new jail opened in July 1986. Because of overflow, a new facility with a capacity of 96 inmates was established in Del Valle, Texas. Now known as the Travis County Correctional Complex, the Del Valle facilities have expanded to a capacity of 2,300 inmates. [3]
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 ...
By January 2012 the Harris County jails had 8,573, a decrease by 31% from 2008 to 2012, and there were only 21 inmates serving time in other jail facilities, all in Texas. [10] The jail population increased since the Texas Legislature cut its community mental health services funding by $400 million in 2003. Between 2004 and 2009 the population ...
The United States Penitentiary, Beaumont (USP Beaumont) is a high security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas. [1] It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont (FCC Beaumont) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Reeves County Detention Complex is a privately operated immigration detention facility, located about 3 miles southwest of Pecos in Reeves County, Texas.It was opened in 1986 to relieve overcrowding of contract federal inmates within the county jails, and housed federal inmates from 1988 through 2006 through intergovernmental agreements with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont Medium (FCI Beaumont Medium): a medium-security facility. United States Penitentiary, Beaumont (USP Beaumont): a high-security facility. FCC Beaumont is located approximately 4 miles (6 kilometers) south of the City of Beaumont; 35 mi (56 km) from the Gulf of Mexico; 100 mi (160 km) east of Houston ...
The Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont (FCI Beaumont) is a United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas. [1] It is part of the Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Beaumont) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.