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5 staff members ‘relieved of duty’ after inmate injured at East Texas prison

TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas (KETK) – Five staff members from the George Beto Unit state prison near Tennessee Colony have been ...
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Behind The Walls: 333 Burials At Texas’ Prison Cemetery Since 2024

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery Also known as TDJC Execution, Huntsville Prison Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Image by Find A Graveweb (1) The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, the ...
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Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?

Prisoners at Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas, in March of 1966. Ellis is built on land from a former slave plantation. Credit: Photo by Bruce Jackson On a 90-degree June day at Memorial Unit in ...
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TDCJ substance abuse counselor arrested for bribery, contraband smuggling in second Gist Unit case this month

BEAUMONT, Texas — A substance abuse counselor at a Texas prison facility in Beaumont was arrested Monday after admitting to accepting $1,000 to smuggle papers into the institution. Additional ...