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  2. McConnell Unit - Wikipedia

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    As of 2001, the unit's warden was Leslie W. Woods. That year it had 2,806 prisoners. Many [vague] of the prisoners were Hispanic and Latino, since the prison is in the South Texas region. As of 2001 the prison had 570 prison guards and 273 other employees. [4] In May 2003 Darrel Wafer, a 40-year-old prisoner, was left in a hot shower.

  3. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.

  4. Garza West Unit - Wikipedia

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    Garza West Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] near the city of Beeville. It is co-located with the Garza East Unit. The facility is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within ...

  5. Garza East Unit - Wikipedia

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    Garza East Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] near Beeville. It is co-located with the Garza West Unit. The facility is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within Region IV.

  6. C. A. Holliday Transfer Facility - Wikipedia

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    Holliday, an industrial-scale complex, has sheet metal siding and low sloping roofs. Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, said that the "hastily-constructed" transfer unit "looks like an assemblage of discount tire outlets," and that the only features that indicate that it is a prison is the razor wire and guard towers.

  7. Beauford H. Jester Complex - Wikipedia

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    In 1885 the state opened Harlem I Unit and Harlem II Unit. [11] [12] From July 20, 1888 to August 31, 1907 a post office was located on the prison farm. After the post office closed, the post office in Richmond, Texas handled mail for the prison farm. [13] In 1908 the State of Texas bought the Riddick Plantation, which was next to the Harlem ...

  8. Barry Telford Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Barry B. Telford Unit (TO) a.k.a. Telford Unit (opened July 1995) is a Texas state prison located in unincorporated Bowie County, Texas. The facility, along Texas State Highway 98, is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Interstate 30. It has a "New Boston, Texas" mailing address, [1] and is in proximity to Texarkana. [2] The Telford Unit is operated ...

  9. French M. Robertson Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Unit has a large garment manufacturing facility, which makes garments for several other State and local corrections facilities. Also notable, is the Robertson Unit's kennel of tracking dogs, and horses for mounted operations. [citation needed] The unit is named after French M. Robertson, a lawyer and oil businessman from Abilene, Texas. [3]