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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.
Pages in category "Debtors' prisons" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta. A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses) were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. [1]
In modern times pay-to-stay programs have been noted for their low debt collection rate that often range between 10 and 15 percent due to people being in pay-to-stay being much more likely to suffer from poverty; over a two fiscal year period, Eaton County, Michigan collected only around 5% of over $1 million charged in pay-to-stay fees.
The Debtors' Rights Act of 2012 requires two "pay or appear" court notices to be sent to debtors before an arrest can be made, and also prevents creditors from calling for multiple examinations ...
The state took on $64 million of local road district debt ($878 million in 2015 dollars) and borrowed an additional $91 million to expand roads and bridges, unnerving the financial market. [1] [22] The state pledged the highway revenue, from gasoline taxes, license fees, and tolls, as security for the borrowing. [22]
The Texas Innocence Project estimates that Texas prisons contain 3,000 to 9,000 innocent people, which is about 2% to 6% of the total prison population. “All it takes is a false accusation and a ...
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]