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  2. Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas ...

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    The book begins with "A Short History of Texas Prisons," documenting the history of the TDCJ and its predecessor agencies, then has the guide on prison life and operations. According to Lisa E. Brooks of The Urban Institute, the author describes the TDCJ in "laudably evenhanded" ways, and criticizes both inmates and TDCJ employees.

  3. Texas Tough - Wikipedia

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    Texas Tough. Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire is a 2010 book by Robert Perkinson, published by Metropolitan Books . Perkinson, an American Studies professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa, [1] describes the criminal justice system in Texas and how it formed in the context of the post- United States Civil War environment. [2]

  4. 1974 Huntsville Prison siege - Wikipedia

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    1974 Huntsville Prison siege. The 1974 Huntsville Prison siege was an eleven-day prison uprising that took place from July 24 to August 3, 1974, at the Huntsville Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville, Texas. The standoff was one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in United States history.

  5. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Bowie County Unit [ 2] Central Unit (Closed 2011) Dickens County Unit [ 2] Don Hutto Unit [ 2] Jefferson County Unit [ 2] Gregg County Unit [ 2] Limestone County Unit [ 2] North Texas Intermediate Sanctions Facility (closed 2011) Retrieve Unit (later Wayne Scott Unit) - Main prison closed in 2020 [ 4]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Texas novels: 10 books set in the Lone Star State to read - AOL

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    When she discovers a league in nearby Austin, she starts her journey of boys in bands, new friends consisting of tattooed girls and some not-so-awesome realities she has to learn the hard way ...

  8. George Beto Unit - Wikipedia

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    The George Beto Unit ( B) is a men's maximum security prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas, US. [1] The unit is located along Farm to Market Road 3328, 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Tennessee Colony. The prison, co-located with Coffield Unit, Michael Unit, and Powledge Unit ...

  9. Tarrant County Corrections Center - Wikipedia

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    The Tarrant County Corrections Center ( TCCC) is a detention center located in Downtown Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Designed to house prisoners either awaiting trial, transfer or serving short jail sentences, the structure handles both male and female inmates. The jail was constructed in 1990 after several delays and ...