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Video: Texas Closes Two Privately Run Jails

For only the second time in the state’s history, Texas lawmakers are closing inmate facilities to reduce bed capacity as the state’s prison population continues to drop.

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After Lawmakers cut nearly $97 million from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice budget, its board decided to terminate  contracts for two facilities run by the Corrections Corporation of America when they expire on Aug. 31.

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