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In-person family visits will return to Austin, Texas Dallas County approves video visitation contract Dallas County rejects Securus video visitation contract Prison-based gerrymandering in Texas Texas counties favor fairness and common sense over prison gerrymandering Avoiding prison gerrymandering is often a matter of common sense: Texas and Louisiana research update Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Texas Other resources Research on Texas in our Research Library.

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Research Library? Comanche County Jail. Coryell County Jail. Culberson County Jail. Deaf Smith County Jail. Dickens County Jail. Dickens County Correctional Center. Dimmit County Jail. Eastland County Jail. Downtown Detention Facility. Ellis County Jail. Erath County Jail. Fayette County Jail. Fort Bend County Jail.

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McCulloch County. McLennan County. McMullen County. Medina County. Menard County. Midland County. Milam County. Mills County. Mitchell County. Montague County. Montgomery County. Moore County. Morris County. Motley County. Nacogdoches County. Navarro County. Newton County. Nolan County. Nueces County. Ochiltree County. Oldham County. Orange County. Palo Pinto County. Panola County. Parker County. Parmer County. Pecos County. Polk County. Potter County. Presidio County.

Rains County. Randall County. Reagan County. Real County. Red River County. Reeves County. Refugio County. Roberts County. Robertson County. Rockwall County. Runnels County. Rusk County. Sabine County. San Augustine County. San Jacinto County. San Patricio County. San Saba County. Schleicher County.

Scurry County. Shackelford County. Shelby County. Sherman County. Smith County. Somervell County. Starr County. Stephens County. Sterling County. Stonewall County. Sutton County. Swisher County. Taylor County. Terrell County. Terry County. Throckmorton County. Titus County. Tom Green County. Travis County.

Correctional officers are in charge of the remote controls and only the basic networks, sports and educational channels are permitted. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a list of about 15, banned books that mailroom workers prohibit from coming inside. Some reasons for censorship are obvious, such as books about making explosives, drugs or weapons.

Others are a bit more subjective. In , Texas stopped serving last meals to Death Row inmates after a state lawmaker complained about an excessive request from Lawrence Russel Brewer , who was convicted in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. Texas prison inmates are barred from having any kind of social media accounts — including accounts run in their name by friends and family members.

The rule, which was implemented in , prohibits offenders from maintaining accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or similar social media sites. In the past, inmates — who do not have access to the Internet — would write posts and send them through snail mail to friends or family on the outside who would then post it to social media accounts in their name.