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The Ruben M. Torres Unit is a state prison for men located in Hondo, Medina County, Texas, owned and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1] This facility was opened in January 1993, and a maximum capacity of 1384 male inmates held at various security levels. Stand-up comedian Ali Siddiq have been locked up in there.
Ruben M. Torres Unit; Region V James V. Allred Unit; William P. "Bill" Clements Unit; Dalhart Unit; Price Daniel Unit; Rufe Jordan Unit; Nathaniel J. Neal Unit. It was previously the only unit for women in West Texas. In 1997 the TDCJ proposed changing it into a men's unit. [1] T.L. Roach, Jr. Unit (Includes a Boot Camp) Preston E. Smith Unit
Hondo is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Downtown San Antonio. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.6 square miles (25 km 2), of which, 9.6 square miles (25 km 2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) of it (0.21%) is covered with water.
[10] [11] He was convicted of "delivery of a controlled substance" and served six years of a 15-year sentence in the Ruben M. Torres Unit in Hondo, Texas. [12] [3] He was released from prison on October 21, 1997. [13] Following his release, he worked at a department store and at a sunglasses shop. [6]
In 1925 the prison farm had 5,005 acres (2,025 ha) of land. During that year it had 260 prisoners. The complex was renamed in the 1950s after Governor of Texas Beauford H. Jester. [8] A spur track of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway opened at the prison farm to load and unload sugarcane that was produced at the farm. The ...
Carol S. Vance Unit (J2, previously the Harlem II Unit and the Jester II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison located in unincorporated central Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.
The John B. Connally Unit is a maximum-security prison for males located in unincorporated Karnes County, Texas, United States. [1] It is located on Farm to Market Road 632, just east of U.S. Highway 181 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city of Kenedy, [2] and southeast of San Antonio. [3]