Sec. 493.004. INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION. The institutional division shall operate and manage: (1) the state prison system; and (2) state jails to confine defendants described by Section 507.002. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2025.