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  2. Alfred D. Hughes Unit - Wikipedia

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    Alfred D. Hughes Unit is a prison for men of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in Gatesville, Texas. The prison is named after Al Hughes who served as a chairperson on the Texas Board of Corrections from 1985 to 1989. The 390 acres (160 ha) facility is located along Farm to Market Road 929, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Texas Loop ...

  3. Debtors' prison - Wikipedia

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    The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta. A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses) were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. [1]

  4. Debtors' Prison Is Back -- and Just as Cruel as Ever - AOL

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    The Debtors' Rights Act of 2012 requires two "pay or appear" court notices to be sent to debtors before an arrest can be made, and also prevents creditors from calling for multiple examinations ...

  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. Debtors' Prison Is Back -- and Just as Cruel as Ever - AOL

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  7. Steven Nelson was convicted of a Texas pastor's murder. Now ...

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    A Texas man set to be executed in the killing of a beloved pastor is making a last plea for mercy before he's taken to the death chamber on Wednesday, saying in a last interview that he's innocent.

  8. Willacy County Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    This facility is adjacent to two other private prisons: the Willacy County Regional Detention Center, operated by the Management and Training Corporation housing federal prisoners for the U.S. Marshal Service, and the Willacy County State Jail, operated by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the state of Texas. [7]

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Nearly 40 percent of the nation’s juvenile delinquents are today committed to private facilities, according to the most recent federal data from 2011, up from about 33 percent twelve years earlier. Over the past two decades, more than 40,000 boys and girls in 16 states have gone through one of Slattery’s prisons, boot camps or detention ...