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The Estelle High Security Unit is a self-contained facility north of the main Estelle prison facility. [5] The high security unit was the first of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's "super seg" units, which have many administrative segregation cells. The security unit houses many of the most violent male prisoners in the State of Texas.
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.
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately 54.36-acre (22.00 ha) facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice . [ 1 ]
Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Michael, Beto, Coffield, Gurney, and Powledge units) 1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Michael Unit The Mark W. Michael Unit ( MI ) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in unincorporated Anderson County , Texas . [ 1 ]
Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Beto, Coffield, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units) 1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Beto Unit. The George Beto Unit (B) is a men's maximum security prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas ...
“ADX itself has … become almost entirely a ‘lock-down’ facility in which prisoners are locked in solitary cells for all but a few hours a week,” Amnesty International said in a 2014 ...
The James V. Allred Unit [1] is a prison for males located on Farm to Market Road 369 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States, [2] 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of downtown Wichita Falls. [3] [4] The prison is near Iowa Park. [5] The prison, with about 320 acres (130 ha) of land, is a part of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region V. [3]
The H. H. Coffield Unit (CO) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. [1] The prison, near Tennessee Colony, is along Farm to Market Road 2054. The unit, on a 20,518 acres (8,303 ha) plot of land, is co-located with Beto, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units. [2]