Prison chapel project making progress

Ellen Halbert Drive has a story behind the name. It winds its way around the Airport and Burnet Rodeo grounds, cuts through cedar patches and eventually comes to an abrupt end at a place which most people in our community never see. This dead-end compound with imposing razor wire fences represents a new beginning for thousands of women across the state.

The 612-bed facility is home to women who are sentenced to a drug and alcohol treatment program designed to give them tools to overcome their addictions. Most of

the Ellen Halbert Women's Prison.