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Vacant West Texas Lockup Chosen to House Sex Offenders
A long-vacant lockup in a remote part of West Texas has been chosen to house the state’s most violent sex offenders, but defense attorneys have said the site limits their access to counsel and family members.
Starting Sept. 1, about 190 men convicted of sex crimes will be held at the privately owned Billy Clayton Detention Center in Littlefield, Texas Civil Commitment Office director Marsha McLane told the Houston Chronicle.