Dr. Lane Murray Unit is a

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of the

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located in

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. The prison is located on

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, between Farm to Market Road 215 and Farm to Market Road 929. The unit, which opened in November 1995, is located with the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Woodman Unit.Murray Unit
."

. Retrieved on May 10, 2010. The unit is named after Lane Murray, who was the first superintendent of the Windham School District.

History

The State of Texas, in 1997, passed a law criminalizing any sexual relations between a prisoner and prison guard after, in the 1990s, prosecutors were unable to have a prison guard at Murray convicted for coercing inmates into sexual interactions. The prison guard stated that the sexual interactions were consensual. In 2010 the Murray Unit began to host a faith-based dormitory rehabilitation program.

Notable prisoners

Current

* Chante Jawan Mallard * Edith Beebe *

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. *

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in 1984, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863.

References

External links

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