Huntsville prison warden reassigned pending investigation


Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Dec. 17, 2008

The senior warden of Huntsville's Goree state prison has been
assigned to other duties pending an investigation of an alleged
violation of policies regarding the use of inmate labor, a prison
spokeswoman said today.

Charles Williamson, 39, was assigned to duties in the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice's regional office on Nov. 10, Michelle
Lyons said.

No further details about the investigation have been disclosed.

Williamson joined the prison system in July 1990 and became the
warden at the Goree Unit on Sept. 1, 2005.

Goree, a 717-acre prison at Huntsville's southern edge, is home to as
many as 1,300 male prisoners. All categories of inmates, from minimum
security to administrative segregation, are incarcerated at the prison.

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