- Pam Lychner Unit
Pam Lychner Unit is a
Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for men located in unincorporated northeast Harris County,Texas ,United States , east of Humble and west of the unincorporated Atascocita development. [" [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/aj.htm Lychner (AJ)] ." "Texas Department of Criminal Justice ". AccessedSeptember 12 ,2008 .]The Atascocita State Jail opened in
July 1995 . AfterPam Lychner , a "victim's rights" activist, died on boardTWA Flight 800 with her daughters onJuly 17 ,1996 , the TDCJ board unanimously voted to rename the facility to Pam Lychner State Jail."Texas Dept of Criminal Justice". "Texas Department of Criminal Justice ". "Turner Publishing Company".2004 . [http://books.google.com/books?id=VgTcF_VMt54C&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=%22Lychner+Unit%22&source=web&ots=R1d4PvQKU6&sig=UKrBTeKNhtclqSNxnT-9ol9XJ9g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA96,M1 96] .] " [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/publications/red/lychner-sj-00.PDF State Jail Evaluation Summary Report Lychner State Jail] ." "Texas Department of Criminal Justice ". October 2000.] As of|2008 the unit is the "Pam Lychner Unit".The unit has low risk, medium risk, high risk, and security risk offenders.
A statue of Lychner and her daughters is located outside of the state jail grounds. [" [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/JanFeb2003/saluting_v10no3.html Saluting Employees January/February 2003] ." "
Texas Department of Criminal Justice ". AccessedSeptember 12 ,2008 .]References
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