Mass incarceration and this run down economy has finally taken its toll on the great state of Texas. In the history of the state and as long as it’s been prisons, the state has never shut one down This day has finally come to see the closing of one of the most profitable industries in the state go to the wayside. Several inmates have lost their lives to this prison and there have been some who were wrongly incarcerated due to being not guilty.
For the first time in the state’s history, Texas is closing down a prison.
Along with the Central Unit in Sugar Land, a century-old prison southwest of Houston, the state is also shuttering three juvenile detention centers, with the goal of focusing more on rehabilitation and crime prevention, and also to save money in the face of a crushing budget deficit. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons confirmed to the Lookout that this is the first prison to be closed and not replaced in the state’s history.
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