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Inmates in the Liberty County Jail will be relocated to other contracted facilities after the state ordered the jail's operations to be immediately suspended.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/04/15/518894/liberty-county-jail-shuttered-by-state-jail-commission-prompting-hundreds-of-relocations/

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A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/05/13/487224/when-texas-jails-issue-tablets-it-comes-at-cost-for-inmates-and-families/

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