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There may be one county jail in your area but multiple police lockups. Contact the local sheriff and police departments to determine how many facilities hold new detainees, even if it's only for 24 to 72 hours. If a local jail doesn't send out press releases about deaths — many don't — file public records requests to obtain unreported ...
Garza was arrested for alleged family violence, according to Valley Central. Brown was beaten to death by two inmates who were later charged with aggravated assault causing bodily injury, authorities told Houston Press. Jail or Agency: Harris County; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 4/3/2016; Date of death: 4/5/2016; Age at death: 46
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Walker County, Alabama Coal mining Strike at least 16 1920 Alabama coal strike: The Alabama miners' strike was a statewide strike of the UMWA against coal mine operators. On December 23, 1920, local union official Adrian Northcutt of Nauvo was summoned out of his home by soldiers of Company M of the Alabama Guard, who fired 7 shots, killing him.
The building is the only known surviving log jail in the state and the only public building surviving from the time that the county seat was located in Houston. It is believed by architectural historians to have been built circa 1868, when the now destroyed courthouse is known to have been constructed.
The town is located on the Georgia-Alabama state line along Alabama State Routes 52 and 95. AL-52 is the main east–west route through the town, leading east 1 mi (1.6 km) to the Georgia state line, and west 10 mi (16 km) to Webb. AL-95 begins in the town and leads north 23 mi (37 km) to Abbeville.
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Houston is an unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, United States. [2] It was the county seat from 1858 until 1884, when the seat was moved to Double Springs . [ 3 ] Houston has one site on the National Register of Historic Places , the log Houston Jail .