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  2. Youth incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Before the passage of Act 1225, over two thousand children were held in prison in Louisiana. Today the system holds just over 500 children statewide. In 1998 the rate of recidivism, or children returning to prison after release, was 56% as compared to 11% today.

  3. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville is a prison operated by the Correctional Institutions Division; it houses the state execution chamber Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row Clemens Unit. Eastham Unit; Ellis Unit; W.J. Estelle Unit; Ferguson Unit; Thomas Goree Unit; Huntsville Unit – Texas State Penitentiary at ...

  4. Youth detention center - Wikipedia

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    Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, Texas In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC), [1] juvenile detention, juvenile jail, juvenile hall, or more colloquially as juvie/juvy or the Juvey Joint, also sometimes referred to as observation home or remand home [2] is a prison for people under the age of majority, to which they ...

  5. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    The company also hired James C. Poland, who had worked in the Texas prison system, where Esmor was angling for new contracts. All of these recruits positioned the company for winnings. In 1994, Slattery and his partners cashed in with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange valued at $5.2 million.

  6. List of immigrant detention sites in the United States

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    Beaumont, Texas: Prison Secure DHS/ ICE: Federal Bureau of Prisons 1 (2007) Bedford City Jail: In use (2007) Bedford, Texas: Prison Secure DHS/ ICE 53 (2007) Bedford Heights City Jail: In use (2007) Bedford Heights, Ohio: Prison Secure DHS/ ICE: Bedford Heights Police Department 51 (2007) Gender segregation; legal segregation Bell County Jail ...

  7. The jail was issued a noncompliance notice from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to identification. Jail or Agency: Hunt County Criminal Justice Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 3/1/2016; Date of death: 6/13/2016; Age at death: 36; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.heraldbanner.com

  8. Texas woman gets 50 years in prison for abandoning kids with ...

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    A Texas woman was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday for watching her 8-year-old son be murdered and then making three of her other children live with the decomposing body. Gloria Williams ...

  9. Missouri City, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The area in which Missouri City is now located holds a significant part in the history of Texas that dates back to its early days as part of the United States. In August 1853, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway (BBB&C), began operating its first 20 miles (32 km) of rail line that stretched from Harrisburg (now Houston) to Stafford's Point (now Stafford).