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Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
In March 2017, Kotak Mahindra Bank launched an online savings account called Kotak 811, [26] named after the date Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced demonetisation in the previous year (8 November), which according to Uday Kotak was "the day that changed India." [27] [28] Kotak 811 helped the bank double its number of customers by ...
By January 2012 the Harris County jails had 8,573, a decrease by 31% from 2008 to 2012, and there were only 21 inmates serving time in other jail facilities, all in Texas. [10] The jail population increased since the Texas Legislature cut its community mental health services funding by $400 million in 2003. Between 2004 and 2009 the population ...
Original bed inside solitary confinement cell in Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania. In the United States penal system, upwards of 20 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 18 percent of local jail inmates are kept in solitary confinement or another form of restrictive housing at some point during their imprisonment. [1]
William G. McConnell Unit (ML) is a Texas state prison located in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] along Texas State Highway 181, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the city limits of Beeville. [2] It is a part of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).
The 1200 Jail, the headquarters of the agency. The Harris County Sheriff's Office's correction facilities are located in Downtown Houston, all within a block of one another. [10] They include the 1200 Jail (located at 1200 Baker Street), [11] the 701 Jail, [12] and the 1307 Jail. [13] Previously 1301 Franklin and 301 San Jacinto were jails. [14 ...
The John B. Connally Unit is a maximum-security prison for males located in unincorporated Karnes County, Texas, United States. [1] It is located on Farm to Market Road 632, just east of U.S. Highway 181 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city of Kenedy, [2] and southeast of San Antonio. [3]
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.