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More than 1,000 inmates being transferred Wednesday from Pack Unit
By chron.com- Gabrielle Banks
Published: 08/09/2017

NAVASOTA- A plain white school bus left the Wallace Pack Unit under moonlit skies Wednesday morning transporting the first group of more than 1,000 heat-sensitive inmates to cooler climes, after a federal judge ordered the state prison system to shelter its most vulnerable charges during the hottest summer months.

The bus pulled onto the rural Grimes County facility at 4:13 and down an entry road smelling of fresh manure. The air-conditioned bus had seats for about 50 passengers, but it was impossible to see how many people it carried--its windows only reflected the dark night sky.

A guard at the sentry point acknowledged before its arrival that one bus was expected, but he declined to say whether more buses were expected on Wednesday.

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