Texas Prisons
Published on Oct 31, 2018
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Facts about the Prison
- -Opened in 1917
- -Houses 2,153 inmates
- -Security Class: Maximum Security class G1-G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty, Transient.
- -Warden: Billy Lewis
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PROBLEMS IN EASTHAM
- -Female Discrimination in The work place
- -Tampering with evidence of a crime
- -No air conditioning in the Texas heat
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Female DIscrimination
- female officers have to contend with harassment from coworkers and fear of retaliation if they complain, according to lawsuits, state records and interviews.
- Solution: Giving a more strict punishment in situations of harassment in the workplace.
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Tampering with Evidence
- Three Texas prison officials were arrested this month in an alleged scheme to set tractor parts on fire in a burn pit behind a Houston County lock-up as part of an apparent attempt to dispose of evidence in an investigation.
- Solution: This can be solved by doing more in-depth check on the guards.
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Heat in The prison
- Prisoners allege that‘sweltering temperatures inside buildings that houses inmates,’ including the Eastham Unit, have caused at least 12 prisoners in the prison system to die from heat stroke and hundreds more prisoners to suffer from heat-related illnesses since 2011.
- Solution: Better the facilities in the prison to better accommodate the prisoners.
Photo by Wolfgang Staudt
