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  2. Christina Melton Crain Unit - Wikipedia

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    Christina Melton Crain Unit. / 31.4713889; -097.7405556. The Christina Melton Crain Unit (formerly the Gatesville Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for females in Gatesville, Texas. The prison is along Texas State Highway 36, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of central Gatesville. The unit, with about 1,317 acres (533 ha) of space ...

  3. Ruiz v. Estelle - Wikipedia

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    Estelle, 550 F.2d 238. The trial ended in 1979 with the ruling that the conditions of imprisonment within the TDC prison system constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the United States Constitution, [2] with the original report issued in 1980, a 118-page decision by Judge William Justice ( Ruiz v. Estelle, 503 F.Supp. 1295).

  4. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Pam Lychner State Jail (originally Atascocita Unit) Lucille G. Plane State Jail (Female) Region IV. Fabian Dale Dominguez State Jail. Renaldo V. Lopez State Jail. Joe Ney State Jail (originally the Hondo Unit) Rogelio Sanchez State Jail. Region V. Marshall Formby State Jail.

  5. Incarceration of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States in 2015, women made up 10.4% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of males in prison grew by 1.4% per annum, while the number of females grew by 1.9% per annum. From 2010 to 2013, the numbers fell for both genders, −0.8% for males and −0.5%

  6. 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 ...

  7. Patrick O'Daniel Unit - Wikipedia

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    Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit (formerly the Mountain View Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison housing female offenders in Gatesville, Texas. The unit, with about 97 acres (39 ha) of land, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of central Gatesville on Farm to Market Road 215. [1] The prison is located in a 45-minute driving distance ...

  8. Women’s prison in Fort Worth rife with corruption ... - AOL

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    The union president at FMC Carswell prison in Fort Worth laid out accusations of “corruption, misconduct and malfeasance” at the federal women’s prison in a letter sent to state and federal ...

  9. Category:Women's prisons in Texas - Wikipedia

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    W. J. Dale Wainwright Unit. William P. Hobby Unit. Categories: Women in Texas. Women's prisons in the United States. Prisons in Texas. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.