Email, Robert Hurst, public information officer, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Sept. 1, 2016

From: Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin)

Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 11:16 AM

To: Robert Hurst

Subject: Quick query

 Hoping this is quick… How many people were inmates in state prisons as of Aug. 1, 2016 or so?

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W. Gardner Selby

Reporter / News

Austin American-Statesman

PolitiFact Texas

11:38 a.m.

Approximately 146,800.