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TDCJ regional release facilities begin operation next week

Texas' prison system has announced the location of three new regional release facilities, according to this item in the Amarillo Globe-News ("Clements to free inmates," June 3), next week:the William P. Clements Jr. Unit outside Amarillo and two other units begin serving as release points for inmates who have served their terms. The other two designated release centers are in Abilene and Beeville. Clements will begin releasing inmates Wednesday.This'll save on transportation costs, but the legislation authorizing the move would also have let TDCJ release inmates directly from the facility where they served their time, which would have generated even greater savings. The majority of Texas inmates are already released that way each year, reports the Globe-News: "Of the 72,218 people released last year, 32,600 were released in Huntsville...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).