Editing Livingston, Texas (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Livingston Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/post_office/TX/Livingston Post Office Location - LIVINGSTON] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026231801/http://usps.whitepages.com/post_office/TX/LIVINGSTON |date=2011-10-26 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.</ref>

The [[Livingston Municipal Airport (Texas)|Livingston Municipal Airport]], operated by the City of Livingston, is located in [[West Livingston]].<ref name="CDPMap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4877662&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on West Livingston CDP, Texas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111713/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4877662&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-06 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref><ref name="LivAirportProf">"[http://www.cityoflivingston-tx.com/departments/airport.asp Municipal Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506141635/http://www.cityoflivingston-tx.com/departments/airport.asp |date=2010-05-06 }}." City of Livingston. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref>

Nearby West Livingston has the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]  [[Allan B. Polunsky Unit]].<ref name="CDPMap"/><ref name="TCDJProfile">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/tl.htm Polunsky Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201405/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/tl.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.</ref><ref>Rainwater, Mary. "[http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_ac28d20a-58bf-11df-afd4-001cc4c03286.html Death row inmate: No justice by execution]," ''[[Rapid City Journal]]''. May 5, 2010. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "are heavy on the mind of 41-year-old former South Dakota resident Kevin Scott Varga, who sits on death row in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas."</ref> Since 1999 this prison has been the location of Texas's [[death row]].<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm Death Row Facts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806085208/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm |date=2009-08-06 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.</ref>

A few miles outside of Livingston is the IAH Polk County Secure Adult Detention Center, which houses around 700 immigrant men daily who have been detained by federal agents of [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]. Run by the  private-prison company [[Community Education Centers]], the facility has frequently been criticized for its subpar treatment of migrants. It is ranked as one of the 10 worst detention centers in the nation, which are the subject of a nationwide campaign by activists to close them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/reports/2012/expose-and-close|title=Expose & Close|date=February 9, 2016|website=Detention Watch Network}}</ref>

===Local government===
Livingston has a manager-council system of government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cityoflivingston-tx.com/148/City-Council|title=City Council {{!}} Livingston, TX|website=cityoflivingston-tx.com|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref> It elects a mayor [[at-large]], and has a city council made up of members elected from [[single-member district]]s. The city council hires a professional city manager to handle operations. The current mayor is Judy Cochran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cityoflivingston-tx.com/149/Mayor|title=Mayor {{!}} Livingston, TX|website=cityoflivingston-tx.com|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref>