List of Texas state prisons

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

This is a list of state prisons in Texas.

Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.

Facilities operated by the TDCJ

Prisons

Region I

The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville is a prison operated by the Correctional Institutions Division; it houses the state execution chamber
Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row

Region II

Region III

Region IV

Region V

Region VI

State jails

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Texas state jails

Region II

Region III

Region IV

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

Region V

  • Marshall Formby State Jail
  • J.B. Wheeler State Jail

Region VI

Transfer facilities

Region I

Region II

  • Choice Moore Unit

Region III

Region V

Region VI

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

Medical facilities

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Texas prison medical facilities

Region III

  • Hospital Galveston (Co-gender)
  • Carole S. Young Medical Facility Complex (Female) (formerly Texas City Regional Medical Unit[2])

Pre-release facilities

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Texas 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

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Texas SAFPS

Region II

  • Clyde M. Johnston Unit

Region III

Region IV

  • Ernestine Glossbrenner Unit

Region VI

  • Ellen Halbert Unit (Female)
  • Walker Sayle Unit

Psychiatric facilities

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Texas psychiatric facilities

Region II

Region III

Region V

  • Montford Psychiatric Unit

Geriatric facilities

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Texas facilities for geriatrics and retarded

Region I

  • Rufus H. Duncan Geriatric Facility

Mentally challenged offender program

Region II

Privately operated facilities

Private prisons

Private state jails

Private pre-parole transfer facilities

Private work programs

Private multi-use facilities

Parole confinement facilities

Region III

Region V

  • William P. "Bill" Baten Unit

Private

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

Former facilities

References

  1. "Women's pen may be changed" (Archive). Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. June 2, 1997. Retrieved on December 24, 2015.
  2. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 51. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
  3. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 50. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
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