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2. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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   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.

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. Joe Kegans State Jail - Wikipedia

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   Joe Kegans Intermediate Sanctions Facility is an Intermediate Sanctions facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located along the northeast edge of Downtown Houston, Texas. [1] The approximately 1 acre (0.40 ha) facility for men is located .5 miles (0.80 km) south of Interstate 10. [2]

5. List of law enforcement agencies in Texas - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics ' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 2,795 law enforcement agencies, the most of any state.

6. Penal labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Between 1866 and 1869, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida became the first states in the U.S. to lease out convicts. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Previously responsible for the housing and feeding of the new prison labor force, the states developed a convict leasing system as a means to rid penitentiaries of the ...

7. Federal Detention Center, Houston - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Detention Center, Houston (FDC Houston) is a United States federal prison in Downtown Houston, Texas which holds male and female inmates prior to and during court proceedings, as well an inmates serving short sentences. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. [1]

8. Harris County, Texas jails - Wikipedia

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   The 1307 Jail (located at 1307 Baker Street [16]), located east of the 701 Jail, was originally built as a state jail for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [17] The building was at first occupied by the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department.

9. Houston Police Department - Wikipedia

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   The Houston Police Department (HPD) is the primary municipal law enforcement agency serving the city of Houston, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. With approximately 5,300 officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel it is the fifth-largest municipal police department, serving the fourth-largest city in the United States.