The Texas Department of Criminal Justice 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 of
The agency has offices in the Price Daniel, Sr. State Office Building in Austin.
TDCJ offices in Austin
The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville is a prison operated by the Correctional Institutions Division; it houses the state execution chamber and formerly served as the agency's headquarters.
Ellis Unit, a prison that previously housed the male death row.
Patrick O'Daniel Unit
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Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison housing female offenders in Gatesville, Texas. The unit, with about 97 acres of land, is located 4 miles north of central Gate
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
…2007 survey of prisoners from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, five TDCJ units, Allred Unit, Clemens Unit, Coffield Unit, Estelle Unit, and Mountain View Unit, were among those in the United States with the highest numbers of reported prison rape cases in 2006. In 2007, the TDCJ reported a total of 234 reported…
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