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  2. McConnell Unit - Wikipedia

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    As of 2001, the unit's warden was Leslie W. Woods. That year it had 2,806 prisoners. Many [vague] of the prisoners were Hispanic and Latino, since the prison is in the South Texas region. As of 2001 the prison had 570 prison guards and 273 other employees. [4] In May 2003 Darrel Wafer, a 40-year-old prisoner, was left in a hot shower.

  3. Garza West Unit - Wikipedia

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    Garza West Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] near the city of Beeville. It is co-located with the Garza East Unit. The facility is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within ...

  4. Garza East Unit - Wikipedia

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    Garza East Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] near Beeville. It is co-located with the Garza West Unit. The facility is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within Region IV.

  5. 5 deaths in one week: Why Texas prisons are seeing a rise in ...

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    In Texas, there were 50 prison suicides in 2020, the highest number in at least 20 years, even though the prison population fell by 20,000. By late July, 2021 was on track to exceed that.

  6. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville is a prison operated by the Correctional Institutions Division; it houses the state execution chamber Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row Clemens Unit. Eastham Unit; Ellis Unit; W.J. Estelle Unit; Ferguson Unit; Thomas Goree Unit; Huntsville Unit – Texas State Penitentiary at ...

  7. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    The company also hired James C. Poland, who had worked in the Texas prison system, where Esmor was angling for new contracts. All of these recruits positioned the company for winnings. In 1994, Slattery and his partners cashed in with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange valued at $5.2 million.

  8. Memorial Unit - Wikipedia

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    Aerial photograph, U.S. Geological Survey – January 25, 1995 Topographic map, U.S. Geological Survey – July 1, 1984 The Memorial Unit (DA), known as the Darrington Unit until 2023, is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison located in Brazoria County, Texas, [1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; [2] it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. [3]

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

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    Hernandez said most inmates have access to a tablet from 5 a.m. to midnight every day, and they can still make phone calls from pay phones in the prison. Inmates with certain disciplinary ...