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William P. Hobby Prison on lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak

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FALLS COUNTY — The Falls County William P. Hobby Prison is currently under lockdown due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the prison.

The all-female prison currently has 264 active cases of COVID-19 between offenders and only 17 have recovered.

Among employees, there are 18 active cases of COVID-19 and 5 have recovered.

For more information about the prison and up to date case information, you can go to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice COVID-19 dashboard.