History of TDCJ review- Prison Eras in Texas Question and answers already passed 2025

History of TDCJ review- Prison Eras in Texas Question and answers already passed 2025 Formative years - correct answer , inmates housed in jails, creation of Huntsville penitentiary, 1st inmate was william sansom Civil War Era - correct answer , POWs and court-martialed soldiers held in prisons in Texas. Convict Lease Era - correct answer , started getting more inmates in Huntsville, made outside camps in prisons, 2nd prison built in Rusk, opened in January 1883 The Farm System - correct answer , large agricultural ranching operations became hallmarks of the prison system The Decline - correct answer , troubled times for prisons, poor treatment of inmates, corrupt prisons, turned purchased plantations into farms Reform Era - correct answer , emphasis on reform, teaching, and recreation, new classification system. Which Era did the "2nd Legislature passed creation of Huntsville Penitentiary with 225 cells?" - correct answer Formative Era Which Era did "prison industries aided South by production of cloth from cotton and wool mills?" - correct answer Civil War Era Which Era were "Inmates hired by railroad and plantation owners?" - correct answer Convict Lease Era Which Era were were "chain gangs" and the use of "Building Tenders" started? - correct answer Farm System Era Which Era were saw "large influx of inmates, brutality, and petty theft?" - correct answ