Crowded Texas Prisons Reopen for Admissions
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HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Texas prisons began accepting inmates again Tuesday, six days after admissions were closed for the third time in a month because a state-mandated maximum prison population was exceeded, officials said.
Charles Brown of the state Corrections Department said that 129 inmates were scheduled to be released Tuesday, but he did not know how many new prisoners the system would receive.
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