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TEXAS
JAILS
The Texas County Jail
"The
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Jails
were some of the first public buildings erected in Texas - occasionally
built with the same bond issue money as county courthouses. After
construction however, they received minimal funds for modernization
. Stories have been told of sympathetic sheriffs who would release
prisoners because of leaking roofs.
Texas' landscape is dotted with these brick fortresses and grim crenellated
castles - many of them still in use after more than 100 years. Medieval
and primitive they may appear, but many housed the sheriff and his
family as well as local miscreants and villains.
Here are some
of Texas' more picturesque 19th and 20th century county jails.
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Texas County
Jail List (Images)
Albany,
former Shackelford County Jail
Feature
Alpine,
former Brewster County Jail
Andrews
- former Andrews County Jail
Archer
City, former Archer County Jail 2-10-08
Athens,
former Henderson County Jail
11-27-07
Baird,
Callahan County, old and new jails
Ballinger,
former Runnels County jail
Bandera,
Bandera County former jail
Baytown,
Chambers/Harris Counties, former Goose Creek Jail
Bellville,
Austin County, former Bellville jail
Benjamin,
Knox County, former jail
Boerne,
Kendall County Jail
Brady,
McCulloch County Jail
Feature
Brownsville,
Cameron County Jails 6-17-07
Brownwood,
Brown County Jail Museum
Burnet
- Former Burnet County Jail
Cameron,
Milam County Jailhouse and the Jailhouse Ghost
Canadian,
Hemphill County old jail
Carbon
Old Jail
12-13-07
Carthage,
Former Panola County jail
5-16-07
Center,
Shelby County, former jail
Chillicothe,
Former City Jail
Clairemont,
Kent County old jail
Clairemont
Jail
Clarksville,
Red River County Jail
8-12-07
Claude,
Armstrong County Jail
Coldspring,
The Old San Jacinto County Jail 11-27-07
Coleman,
Coleman County Jail
Feature
Comanche,
Comanche County jail
Corpus
Christi, Nueces County old jail
Dell
City, Hudspeth county
Desdemona,
Eastland County old jail
Dickens,
Dickens County Jail
Eastland,
former Eastland County Jail
Eldorado,
former Schleicher County Jail
4-15-08
Fairfield,
Freestone County former jail 2-18-08
Farwell,
Parmer County Jail
2-18-08
Floydada
- Floyd County Jail 2-18-08
Fort
Davis - Jeff Davis County Jail
Fort
Griffin
3-3-08
Fort
Stockton, Pecos County, Pecos County Jail
Fredericksburg,
Gillespie County jail
Gail,
Former Borden County Jail
1-7-07
Garden
City, former Glasscock County jail
Georgetown,
Williamson County old jail
Goldsmith,
former city jail
Goldthwaite,
Mills County jail
Gonzales,
Gonzales County jail
Granbury,
Hood County old jail
Guthrie
- King County jail
12-15-07
Hamilton,
Hamilton County jail
Quanah,
former Hardeman County jail
Hemphill
former jail, now a museum
Henderson,
Rusk County jail
Henrietta,
former Clay county jail 10-12-07
Hidalgo
County Jail, Edinburg Texas
5-1-07
Hidalgo
- Former Hidalgo County Jail 5-1-07
Hillsboro,
Hill County old jail 2-3-07
Hondo,
Medina County Jail
6-21-07
Johnson
City, Blanco County Jail
Jourdanton
- Atascosa County Jail
Junction
- Kimble County Jail
9-11-07
Kyle
City Jail - old jail and sign
La
Grange - Former Fayetter County Jail
Feature
Centerville
- Leon County Jail
2-18-08
Llano,
Llano County jail
Lockhart,
former Caldwell County jail
Lubbock,
Lubbock County Jail
Marfa,
Presidio County, jail and water tower
Mason,
Mason County jail
McKinney,
Collin County Prison
Mobeetie,
Wheeler County Jail
3-18-08
Montague,
Montague County Jail
Mount
Vernon, Franklin County jail
Navasota,
Grime County, former jail
New
Boston, Bowie County old jail
12-9-07
Oakville
- Former Live Oak County Jail 2-18-08
Palestine,
Anderson County Jail
Palo
Pinto County Jail 8-11-07
Pearsall,
Frio County Jail
1-27-07
Richmond,
former Fort Bend County jail
Robert
Lee, Coke County, former jail
Roby,
Fisher County Jail 11-27-07
Rocksprings,
Edwards County, the old jail
San
Augustine County Jail
San
Elizario - Former El Paso County Jail
7-1-07
San
Jacinto County Jail
San
Saba County Jail
Schleicher
County Jail
Silverton,
Briscoe County Old Jail
Skellytown
jail
Sonora,
Sutton County Jail
1-27-07
Sour
Lake Iron Cage Jail
Spofford
- Strap-iron Jail 4-10-08
Stanton
jail, Martin County
Sterling
City, Sterling County Jail
Sweetwater,
Nolan County old jail
Throckmorton,
former Throckmorton County jail
Tilden,
McMullen County Jail 9-22-07
Van Horn - Former Culberson County Jail
2-3-07
Vernon
jail as antique store
Waller
County Jail
Waxahachie,
Ellis County old jail Feature
12-7-08
Wheeler,
Wheeler County old jail
Woodville
- Tyler County jail
12-17-07
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Texas
Jail Stories
Old-time
improvisation in branding and jailing by Delbert Trew
10-23-07
Pearl
by Mike Cox ("Texas Tales" column)
He has the singular distinction of being the first and last man
legally hanged in the county.
The
Double Hanging at Bellville in 1896 by Norman Conquest
Sheriff
Fenton of Coleman County and His Larger Than Life Wife by
John Troesser
The
Infamous East Texas Sewing Needle Jail Break by John Troesser
Opinion
Study
on Prisoner Re-entry in Texas (From Peary Perry's "Letters
from North America" Column)
Texas Jails Forum
Haunted
Jails and Jail Museums in Texas
"It was because of your website, Texas Escapes, that
I first started going to jail museums and I am an absolute FANATIC
about it!"
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