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A recent investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office highlights an ongoing effort to cut down on contraband smuggled into jails and prisons via paper correspondence. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the county is in the final stages of setting up a digital mail system in the jail.
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A rise in dangerous contraband and drug-related inmate homicides has sparked a statewide lockdown of all correctional facilities as the TDCJ conducts comprehensive searches, the agency said.
State prisons across Texas, including the Allred Unit in Wichita Falls, are under immediate lockdown because of contraband drugs and murders.
"It was something that I was able to open up while I was in prison and just be able to escape for a minute."