TDCJ: Moving prisoners out of Briscoe Unit to make room for undocumented migrants
Texas
by: Maggie Glynn
Posted: Jun 17, 2021 / 11:45 AM CDT / Updated: Jun 17, 2021 / 07:20 PM CDT
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Thursday the agency has been directed by Gov. Greg Abbott to move prisoners from the Briscoe Unit in Dilley to make room for migrants with low-level offenses.
“Beginning on June 16, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) began moving inmates from the Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley, Texas, to other facilities with available capacity throughout the state. This action will allow the unit to serve as a central holding facility for non-TDCJ detainees who have been arrested and charged with a state offense,” a TDCJ spokesperson said in a statement.
TDCJ would not specify which facilities the prisoners were being transferred to, but said the agency has 20,000 vacant beds.
https://www.borderreport.com/regions/texas/tdcj-moving-prisoners-out-of-briscoe-unit-to-make-room-for-undocumented-migrants/
