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  2. 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 ...

  3. W.J. Estelle Unit - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .tdcj .state .tx .us /unit _directory .. /e2 .html. 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.

  4. J. Dale Wainwright Unit - Wikipedia

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    Wainwright Unit. /  30.97750°N 95.63250°W  / 30.97750; -95.63250. The J. Dale Wainwright Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men, located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas. [1] [2] Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the J. Dale Wainwright Unit after a former chairman ...

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

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    In 2018, TDCJ lowered the cost of all phone calls from 26 cents per minute to 6 cents per minute, a rate lower than the federal cap of 12 cents per minute. Some states have made phone calls free.

  6. C. A. Holliday Transfer Facility - Wikipedia

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    The Holliday Transfer Facility (TDCJ Identification Code: NF, also referred to as the Holliday Transfer Unit ), [1] is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facility for men located in Huntsville, Texas. Holliday is along Interstate 45 and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of Texas State Highway 30.

  7. Without air conditioning, temperatures inside Texas prisons ...

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    Temperatures inside units have regularly reached 110 degrees and in at least one unit have topped 149 degrees, conditions incarcerated people call a “living hell,” according to the study. TDCJ ...

  8. Huntsville Unit - Wikipedia

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    Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit ( HV ), nicknamed " Walls Unit ", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately 54.36-acre (22.00 ha) facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1] The ...

  9. James H. Byrd Jr. Unit - Wikipedia

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    Country. USA. Website. www .tdcj .state .tx .us /unit _directory .. /du .html. The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit ( DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The 93 acres (38 ha) diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247. [1]