Editing Harris County, Texas (section)

===State government===
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates some correctional facilities in Harris County, including:
* [[Kegans Unit]], located in [[Downtown Houston]], is a state jail for men. It is in the north of downtown along the north side of the Buffalo Bayou, next to the county facilities.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hm.htm Kegans (HM)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926064917/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hm.htm |date=September 26, 2008 }}." ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]''. Accessed September 12, 2008.</ref>
* [[Pam Lychner Unit]], named after [[Pam Lychner]] and located in unincorporated northeast Harris County, east of the city of [[Humble, Texas|Humble]], is a state jail for men.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/JanFeb2003/saluting_v10no3.html Saluting Employees January/February 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602214149/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/JanFeb2003/saluting_v10no3.html |date=June 2, 2008 }}." ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]''. Accessed September 12, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/aj.htm Lychner (AJ)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926064850/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/aj.htm |date=September 26, 2008 }}." ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]''. Accessed September 12, 2008.</ref>

As of 2001, Kegans and Lychner serves male state jail offenders from Harris County, with Kegans getting lower-risk offenders and Lychner getting higher-risk and special-needs offenders. If both of the male state jails in Harris County are full, excess offenders go to the Gist Unit in [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]]. Female state jail offenders from Harris County go to the [[Plane Unit]] in [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20011117151853/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/publications/red/kegans-sj-00.PDF State Jail Evaluation Summary Report Kegans State Jail]." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. October 2000. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.</ref>

The South Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility Unit, a parole confinement facility for males operated by [[Global Expertise in Outsourcing]], is in downtown Houston, west of [[Daikin Park]].<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/xm.htm SOUTH TEXAS (XM)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821230211/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/xm.htm |date=August 21, 2008 }}." ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]''. Accessed September 12, 2008.</ref>