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Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, 23, was taken into custody by TDCJ staff around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, approximately 2.5 miles from the Stringfellow Unit.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, who escaped in Brazoria County, has been found, officials say.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, 23, was taken into custody by TDCJ staff around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, approximately 2.5 miles from the Stringfellow Unit.

Hungry, cold and victims of inhumanity behind Texas prison walls By Gloria Rubac posted on February 22, 2021 Houston On an average day in Texas, prisons are hellholes run by racist officials and a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison board that won’t request the legislature allocate money for proper maintenance. Every weather emergency in the state, from hurricanes to flooding to subfreezing weather, has proven time and again that prisons are not fit for human beings. Snow-covered fields, Ramsey Unit prison unit, December 2004 As documented — by incarcerated workers’ contraband...

Social distancing and other contagion protocols are difficult behind bars, but an investigation by WFAA and The Marshall Project showed that the spread of COVID-19 behind bars was also due to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's lackluster response, potentially exacerbating outbreaks and putting surrounding communities at risk. The agency's website lists the prisoners who have died from the virus. Below is a list of those people, including Campos.  Among the list are four people who officials removed from the agency's official county of coronavirus-related deaths, even though they had ...