Prison inmates may get their $50 and a bus ticket home in Beeville
March 13, 2010
by Gary Kent
Beeville Bee-Picayune
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has confirmed that prison inmates could soon be released in Beeville and other regional sites around the state after they have served their time.
Jason Clark, public information officer for the TDCJ in Huntsville, said the state prison agency is assessing a mandate from the Texas Legislature which requires that inmates be released from centers in each of the agency's six regions across the state.
Clark said those centers have not yet be selected.
TDCJ's Region IV headquarters is located at the Chase Field Criminal Justice Center southeast of Beeville. As a regional headquarters, Chase Field could be a likely site for such releases when the locations are chosen
Sixteen units are located in Region IV, including three units in Bee County.
The TDCJ was directed to establish regional release centers with the passage of House Bill 2289. That bill became effective on Sept. 1, 2009.
