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James Byrd Jr. was born on May 2, 1949, [11] in Beaumont, Texas, [12] the third of nine children, to Stella Mae Sharp and James Byrd Sr. [13] His mother was a Sunday School teacher and his father was a deacon at the Greater New Bethel Church. Byrd graduated from Jasper Rowe High School in 1967, the last segregated class. After graduating from ...
This is a list of state prisons in Texas. The list includes only those facilities under the supervision of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and includes some facilities operated under contract by private entities to TDCJ.
In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for failing to properly observe inmates. Jail or Agency: Bell County Jails; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/23/2016; Age at death: 45; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.tdtnews ...
Mark W. Stiles Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Texas, [1] near Beaumont.The unit, located along Farm to Market Road 3514, is 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of downtown Beaumont.
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[4] Joyce King, author of the 2002 book Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas, said that Beto's reputation as a "gladiator" prison stems from the fact that most of its prisoners are in their mid-20s, relatively young. As of that year, some inmates are at the equivalent of a 4th year high school student (senior), and a few are ...
Three years later, the devices have proliferated nationwide and even in some of Texas’ county jails. Harris County Jail, the largest jail in Texas, plans to deploy tablets to all of the people ...
Image credits: Michael Tran / Getty #3 Amy Locane. American actress Amy Locane is best known for her role in John Waters’ 1990 musical comedy Cry-Baby, where she co-starred with Johnny Depp.But ...