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Texas county quietly transfers 150 inmates to new jail

The Sheriff’s office quietly transferred the entire jail population Wednesday morning

KBTX

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — 150 inmates in Walker County are settling in to their new home. The Sheriff’s office quietly transferred the entire jail population Wednesday morning.

Among the inmates moved was Howard Wayne Lewis, the man charged with murdering his infant son and former mother-in-law, and three men charged in a killing at the Sam Houston Nation Forest.

KBTX was the only media outlet allowed into the secure facility during the transfer.

Full story: Walker County Quietly Transfers Entire Inmate Population to New Jail