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2. W.J. Estelle Unit - Wikipedia

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   W. J. "Jim" Estelle Unit [1] (E2, originally the Ellis II Unit) also known as the Estelle Supermax Penitentiary, is a prison located on Farm to Market Road 3478 in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, United States, [2] 10 miles (16 km) north of central Huntsville.

3. 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 ...

4. 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).

5. Harris County, Texas jails - Wikipedia

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   The 1307 Jail (located at 1307 Baker Street), located east of the 701 Jail, was originally built as a state jail for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The building was at first occupied by the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. The building reopened under the Sheriff's office in 1998.

6. When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates ...

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   In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally change” communication for the state’s more than 100,000 prison ...

7. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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   Bowie County Unit [ 2] Central Unit (Closed 2011) Dickens County Unit [ 2] Don Hutto Unit [ 2] Jefferson County Unit [ 2] Gregg County Unit [ 2] Limestone County Unit [ 2] North Texas Intermediate Sanctions Facility (closed 2011) Retrieve Unit (later Wayne Scott Unit) - Main prison closed in 2020 [ 4]