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Texas Women Prison May Have To Expand
Huntsville Texas Prisons Officials consider expansion of Goree Unit after a 50 percent rise in women inmates in the first quarter of 1970. Most new admissions stem from narcotics offenses, with murder and fraud cases also rising as courts trend toward longer sentences. Warden Velma Dobbs notes many inmates may crime to support heroin habits.
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