The Nation - News from Jan. 20, 1987
The Texas prison system began accepting new convicts after weekend paroles of 214 inmates pushed the prison population below a mandated ceiling designed to avoid overcrowding. The 26-unit prison system closed its doors to new arrivals Friday after the inmate count exceeded a cap set by a 1983 state law passed after a federal judge ordered steps to reduce prison overcrowding in the state.
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