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Lucile Plane State Jail

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Phone
  
+1 936-258-2476

Address
  
904 FM 686, Dayton, TX 77535, USA

Hours
  
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Lucile Plane State Jail is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for women located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas. It is located on Texas State Highway 321, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dayton. The facility, on an approximately 394-acre (159 ha) plot of land, is co-located with the Hightower Prison Unit and the Henley State Jail. Plane is designed to hold 2,144 prisoners. Plane, the first women's state jail to be opened in Texas, was dedicated in June 1995.

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Conditions

Plane State Jail is one of the many Texas State jails under scrutiny for inhumane care and deficient medical support for prison population. Federal Judge has ordered TDCJ to install air conditioning. TDCJ has been slow to comply.

Notable prisoners

  • Laura Hall, perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Cave
  • Lisa Warzeka, one perpetrator of the 1999 Kingwood robbery incidents
  • Alexandria Vera, Texas teacher, 24, who had sex repeatedly with her 13-year-old student and got pregnant with his child currently serving 10 years.

    • References

    Lucile Plane State Jail Wikipedia
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