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Mountain View Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison housing female offenders in Gatesville, Texas. The unit, with about of land, is located north of central Gatesville on Farm to Market Road 215.〔"(Mountain View Unit )". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.〕 The prison is located in a 45 minute driving distance from Waco.〔Krajicek, David. "(On Death Row )". ''Sue Basso'', Crime Library. Retrieved on October 18, 2010.〕 In addition to its other functions, Mountain View Unit houses the state's female death row inmates. Death row offenders are housed separately from the rest of the prisoners in single-person cells measuring , with each cell having a window. They do not have recreation individually. Some are allowed to watch television, though this is dependent upon agreeing to work for free, and all have a radio. Karla Faye Tucker, executed February 3, 1998, was the first woman to be executed in Texas since 1863. The most recent female to be executed was Lisa Coleman, executed on September 17, 2014. Among the better known death row offenders at Mountain View are Linda Carty, Brittany Holberg and Darlie Routier. A notable woman in the prison is Yolanda Saldívar, the murderer of Tejano superstar Selena. Saldívar shot and killed her on March 31, 1995 in Selena's hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. Saldívar is currently serving her sentence of life imprisonment. She will be eligible for parole on March 30, 2025, the day before the 30th anniversary of Selena's murder. As of 2004 the facility is not signposted from the area main highway.〔Hannaford, Alex. "('I'm not afraid of dying. I'm just angry' ). ''The Guardian''. Monday July 26, 2004. Retrieved on September 26, 2010.〕 ==History== The Mountain View State School closed in 1975, and its boys were sent to other facilities. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice bought the land and buildings. The facility re-opened as a women's prison.〔"(Mountain View School for Boys )". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.〕 The Mountain View Unit opened in July 1975.〔''Texas Department of Criminal Justice''. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. (100 ). ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.〕 Around 2001 several inmates at Mountain View were in a Windham School District effort to translate textbooks into braille.〔"(News Briefs )". Windham School District. 3rd Quarter of 2002. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mountain View Unit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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