11. In many respects, Baker said, running the state jail system will be much like commanding a military organization. 12. Investigators learned that one member of the group, Guzman, was in the state jail in Jacksboro and might have some information about the Zacha slaying. 13. It also operates three state jails, including one yet to be opened in Austin, that are overseen by the agency. 14. It was a package -- bans on assault weapons, more police patrols on the streets, more state jails, drug therapy in prison. 15. Later, Sverdrup Facilities Inc. and Manhattan Construction Co. were hired to help build state jails and substance abuse treatment facilities. 16. Lying on the statement was punishable by up to two years in a state jail. 17. More needs to be done to utilize the state jail program that offers education and drug treatment to non-violent criminals. 18. State jails will be located throughout the state, and offenders are to be sent, whenever possible, to jails in or near their home communities. 19. State jails in Texas house only nonviolent felons. 20. State legislators passed tougher juvenile crime laws, sending younger offenders to prison and nonviolent offenders to state jails for shorter sentences. |
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