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- ↑ Kent, Gary. "Prison inmates may get their $50 and a bus ticket home in Beeville Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Beeville Bee-Picayune . Retrieved on October 3, 2010.
- 1 2 "Beeville Distribution Center Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Correctional Institutions Division Region IV Director's Office Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Garza East Unit Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Garza West Unit Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
