State jail set to reopen in Bartlett

  • No guards stand watch at the Bartlett State Jail on July 12, 2017. Sun Archive.
    No guards stand watch at the Bartlett State Jail on July 12, 2017. Sun Archive.
  • The Texas Legislature is considering shutting down Bartlett State Jail in north Williamson County. While few Bartlett residents work at the jail, the city brought in $44,000 a month last year from water and wastewater usage. Sun Archive.
    The Texas Legislature is considering shutting down Bartlett State Jail in north Williamson County. While few Bartlett residents work at the jail, the city brought in $44,000 a month last year from water and wastewater usage. Sun Archive.
    Planted on the southwest side of the City of Bartlett, sits the Bartlett State Jail. The 139,736-square-foot facility used to house convicted state felons from 1995 until it closed in June 2017. The jail has sat vacant the seven years since, but is now set to reopen its doors later this year. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Cit...

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