This is a list of state prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

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Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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The list includes only those facilities under the supervision of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

 and includes some facilities operated under contract by private entities to TDCJ. It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital

North Texas State Hospital

The North Texas State Hospital is an in-patient mental health facility owned by the State of Texas and under the Texas Department of State Health Services.Its two campuses in Wichita Falls and Vernon.-Wichita Falls Campus:...

; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates is a former Houston, Texas resident who killed her five children on June 20, 2001 by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. She had been suffering for some time with very severe postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis...

) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services

Texas Department of State Health Services

Texas Department of State Health Services is a state agency of Texas. The department was created by House Bill 2292 of the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003 through the merging of four state agencies: the Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas...

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Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.

Prisons

Region I

• Byrd Unit
• Eastham Unit
  Eastham Unit
  Eastham Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men and located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas GPS Coordinates 30.978106, -95.632274. The prison is located at the dead end of Farm to Market Road 230, near Lovelady and west of Trinity...
  
  
• Ellis Unit
  Ellis Unit
  O. B. Ellis Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, north of Huntsville. The unit, with about of space, now houses up to 2,400 male prisoners. Ellis is situated in a wooded area shared with the Estelle Unit, which is located away...
  
  
• W.J. Estelle Unit
  W.J. Estelle Unit
  W. J. "Jim" Estelle Unit is a prison located on Farm to Market Road 3478 in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, United States, north of central Huntsville. The prison, with about of space, is operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice...
  
  
• Ferguson Unit
  Ferguson Unit
  Jim Ferguson Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in unincorporated Madison County, Texas. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 247, near Midway and northwest of Huntsville....
  
  
• Goree Unit
  Goree Unit
  The Thomas Goree Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison, located in Huntsville, Texas, miles south of downtown Huntsville on Texas State Highway 75 South. The Goree Unit is located within Region I.-History:...
  
  
• Huntsville Unit - Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville
• Gib Lewis Unit
• Allan B. Polunsky Unit
• Wynne Unit
  Wynne Unit
  The John M. Wynne Unit is a men's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, located in northern Huntsville, Texas, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2821 West and Texas State Highway 75 North. The Windham School District has its headquarters in the unit...
  
  

Region II

• George Beto Unit
  George Beto Unit
  The George Beto Unit is a men's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The unit is located along Farm to Market Road 3328, south of Tennessee Colony. The prison, co-located with Coffield Unit, Michael Unit, and Powledge Unit prisons...
  
  
• William R. Boyd Unit
• Coffield Unit
  Coffield Unit
  The H. H. Coffield Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The prison, near Tennessee Colony, is along Farm to Market Road 2054. The unit, on a plot of land, is co-located with Beto, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units. With a...
  
  
• Mark W. Michael Unit
  Mark W. Michael Unit
  The Mark W. Michael Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The unit is along Farm to Market Road 2054, south of Tennessee Colony. The unit, on of land, is co-located with the Beto, Coffield, and Powledge prison units and the...
  
  
• Louie C. Powledge Unit
• Telford Unit

Region III

• Central Unit
  Central Unit
  The Central Unit was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison in Sugar Land, Texas. The approximately facility is from central Sugar Land on U.S. Highway 90A. The unit first opened in April 1909. The unit had 950 beds for men...
  
  
• Clemens Unit
  Clemens Unit
  Clemens Unit is a prison farm of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The prison, with about , is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2004 and Texas State Highway 36...
  
  
• Darrington Unit
  Darrington Unit
  The Darrington Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, near Sandy Point, The unit is along Farm to Market Road 521, north of Rosharon, and south of Houston. The prison has about of land...
  
  
• L.V. Hightower Unit
  L.V. Hightower Unit
  The L. V. Hightower Unit is a prison in Texas, United States, within the Texas Department of Corrections system. It is named for Lockhart V. Hightower, former sheriff and county clerk of Liberty County....
  
  
• Jester III Unit
  Jester III Unit
  The Beauford H. Jester III Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A, east of central Richmond...
  
   (formerly Harlem III)
• Ramsey Unit
  Ramsey Unit
  The W. F. Ramsey Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, near Rosharon, west of Farm to Market Road 521,. and south of Houston. The unit is co-located with the Stringfellow Unit and...
  
   (formerly W. F. Ramsey I Unit)
• Wayne Scott Unit
  Wayne Scott Unit
  The Wayne Scott Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The unit, southwest of Houston, is along County Road 290, south of Angleton. Scott, which was established in September 1919, has about of land.-History:The prison was formerly...
  
  
• Mark W. Stiles Unit
• Stringfellow Unit
  Stringfellow Unit
  The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, near Rosharon, west of Farm to Market Road 521, and about south of Houston...
  
   (formerly W. F. Ramsey II Unit)
• Terrell Unit
  Terrell Unit
  The Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The facility is located on Farm to Market Road 655, west of Farm to Market Road 521. The prison, has about of land, is co-located with Ramsey Unit and Stringfellow Unit...
  
   (formerly W. F. Ramsey III Unit)
• Carol Vance Unit
  Carol Vance Unit
  Carol S. Vance Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated central Fort Bend County, Texas. The unit, located in flatlands, is along U.S. Highway 90A, east of central Richmond. The facility is in proximity to Sugar Land, and it is about southwest of Downtown...
  
   (formerly Harlem II and Jester II)

Region IV

• Dolph Briscoe Unit
• John B. Connally Unit
• James Lynaugh Unit
• William G. McConnell Unit
• Clarence N. Stevenson Unit
• Ruben M. Torres Unit

Region V

• James V. Allred Unit
• William P. "Bill" Clements Unit
• Dalhart Unit
  Dalhart Unit
  The Dalhart Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in unincorporated Hartley County, Texas. The unit is along Farm to Market Road 998 and near U.S. Highway 54, west and south of Dalhart. As of 2000 Dalhart serves minimum and medium security inmates.-History:The unit...
  
  
• Price Daniel Unit
• Rufe Jordan Unit
• Nathaniel J. Neal Unit
• T.L. Roach, Jr. Unit (Includes a Boot Camp)
• Jim Rudd Unit
• Preston E. Smith Unit
• Daniel Webster Wallace Unit

Region VI

• Crain Unit (Female) (Formerly the Gatesville Unit)
• Hilltop Unit
  Hilltop Unit
  The Hilltop Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for women located in Gatesville, Texas. It is located on Business Texas State Highway 36, north of Downtown Gatesville. Hilltop sites on an approximately plot of land and is co-located with the Crain, Murray, and Woodman units...
  
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• William P. Hobby Unit (Female)
• Alfred D. Hughes Unit
  Alfred D. Hughes Unit
  Alfred D. Hughes Unit is a prison for men of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in Gatesville, Texas.The facility is located along Farm to Market Road 929, north of Texas Loop 36.-History:...
  
  
• O. L. Luther Unit
• Mountain View Unit
  Mountain View Unit
  Mountain View Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison housing female offenders in Gatesville, Texas. The unit, with about of land, is located north of central Gatesville on Farm to Market Road 215. The prison is located in a 45 minute driving distance from Waco...
  
   (Female)
• Dr. Lane Murray Unit
  Dr. Lane Murray Unit
  Dr. Lane Murray Unit is a women's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in Gatesville, Texas. The prison is located on Texas State Highway 36, between Farm to Market Road 215 and Farm to Market Road 929...
  
   (Female)
• Wallace Pack Unit
• French M. Robertson Unit

State jails

Region II

• Buster Cole Unit
• Hutchins Unit

Region III

• Larry Gist Unit
• Dempsie Henley Unit
  Dempsie Henley Unit
  Dempsie Henley Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for women located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas. It is located on Texas State Highway 321, north of Dayton. The facility, on an approximately plot of land, is co-located with the Hightower Prison Unit and the Plane...
  
   (Female)
• Joe Kegans Unit
  Joe Kegans Unit
  Joe Kegans State Jail is a state jail of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located along the northeast edge of Downtown Houston, Texas. The approximately facility for men is located south of Interstate 10....
  
  
• Pam Lychner Unit
  Pam Lychner Unit
  Pam Lychner State Jail is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for men located in Atascocita, unincorporated northeast Harris County, Texas, United States, east of Humble. It is 20 miles northeast of Downtown Houston....
  
   (originally Atascocita Unit)
• Lucille G. Plane Unit
  Lucille G. Plane Unit
  Lucile Plane State Jail is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for women located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas. It is located on Texas State Highway 321, north of Dayton. The facility, on an approximately plot of land, is co-located with the Hightower Prison Unit and the...
  
   (Female)

Region IV

• Fabian Dale Dominguez Unit
• Renaldo V. Lopez Unit
• Joe Ney Unit (originally the Hondo Unit)
• Rogelio Sanchez Unit

Region V

• Marshall Formby Unit
• J.B. Wheeler Unit

Region VI

• Travis County Unit
• Linda Woodman Unit (Female)

Transfer facilities

Region I

• Glen Ray Goodman Unit
• Joe F. Gurney Unit
  Joe F. Gurney Unit
  The Joe F. Gurney Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's Transfer Unit located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The unit is along Farm to Market Road 2054, south of Tennessee Colony. The unit, on of land, is co-located with the Beto , Coffield, Michael and Powledge...
  
  
• Reverend C.A. Holliday Unit

Region II

• Choice Moore Unit

Region IV

• Cotulla Unit
• Fort Stockton Unit
• Garza East Unit (Originally Chase Field East Unit)
• Garza West Unit
  Garza West Unit
  Garza West Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, United States, east of the city of Beeville...
  
   (Originally Chase Field West Unit)

Region V

• Tulia Unit
• Dick Ware Unit

Region VI

• Marlin Unit
• John W. Middleton Unit
• San Saba Unit

Medical facilities

Region III

• Hospital Galveston (Co-gender)
• Carole S. Young Medical Facility Complex (Female) (formerly Texas City Regional Medical Unit)

Pre-release facilities

Region III

• Richard J. LeBlanc Unit

Region IV

• Manuel A. Segovia Unit

Region VI

• Hamilton Unit
• Thomas Havins Unit

Substance abuse felony punishment facilities

Region II

• Clyde M. Johnston Unit

Region III

• Jester I Unit
  Jester I Unit
  The Beauford H. Jester I Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice substance abuse felony punishment facility located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas. The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A, east of central Richmond. The unit, with about of land, is co-located with Carol Vance Unit,...
  
  

Region IV

• Ernestine Glossbrenner Unit

Region VI

• Ellen Halbert Unit (Female)
• Walker Sayle Unit

Psychiatric facilities

Region II

• Skyview Unit (Co-gender)

Region III

• Beauford H. Jester IV Unit

Region V

• Montford Psychiatric Unit

Private prisons

• Bridgeport Unit
• Cleveland Unit
  Cleveland Unit
  The Cleveland Unit is a prison for men in Cleveland, Texas privately operated by the GEO Group on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice . The approximately facility is north of Downtown Cleveland. The TDCJ refers to the prison as the "Cleveland Unit," while GEO refers to it as the...
  
  
• Diboll Unit
• Estes Unit (Previously the Venus Unit)
• Kyle Unit (previously known as the Kyle New Vision Unit)
• Lockhart Unit (Female)
• Billy Moore Unit

Private state jails

• Bartlett Unit
• James Bradshaw Unit
• Jesse R. Dawson Unit (Co-gender)
• John R. Lindsey Unit
• Willacy County Unit

Parole confinement facilities

Region V

• William P. "Bill" Baten Unit

Private

• Burnet Unit (Co-gender)
• South Texas Unit
• West Texas Unit

Former facilities

• Bowie County Unit
• Central Unit
  Central Unit
  The Central Unit was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison in Sugar Land, Texas. The approximately facility is from central Sugar Land on U.S. Highway 90A. The unit first opened in April 1909. The unit had 950 beds for men...
  
   (Closed 2011)
• Dickens County Unit
• Don Hutto Unit
• Jefferson County Unit
• Gregg County Unit
• Limestone County Unit
• North Texas Intermediate Sanctions Facility (closed 2011)
• Western Regional Medical Unit