Terrell Unit

The Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas,[1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place.[2] The facility is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521. The prison, has about 16,369 acres (6,624 ha) of land, is co-located with Ramsey Unit and Stringfellow Unit.[3] The prison is in Rosharon,[4] and about 35 miles (56 km) south of Houston.[5]

For the prison previously known as the Terrell Unit, see Polunsky Unit.
C.T. Terrell Unit
Terrell Unit is located in Texas
Terrell Unit
Location in Texas
Location1300 FM 655
Rosharon, Texas 77583
Coordinates29°18′37″N 95°32′13″W
StatusOperational
Security classG1-G3, Outside Trusty
CapacityUnit: 1,389 Trusty Camp: 214
OpenedSeptember 1983
Managed byTDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
WardenMary Ann Comstock, Eric Miller
CountyBrazoria County
CountryUSA
Websitewww.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../r3.html
Aerial photograph of the Ramsey Units, January 23, 1995, United States Geological Survey
Topographical map of the Ramsey Units, July 1, 1984, United States Geological Survey

History

The prison opened in September 1983.[3] The Terrell Unit was originally the Ramsey III Unit. After the previous Terrell Unit (now the Polunsky Unit) in West Livingston, Texas[6] began to receive death row inmates, the facility's namesake, a Dallas insurance executive named Charles Terrell, wanted his name off of the prison; as a result his name was transferred to another prison.[7][8] The Texas Board of Criminal Justice voted to rename the Ramsey III Unit on July 20, 2001.[9]

In 2008 a state investigation began in regards to accusations that a cabal of prison guards is organizing large scale smuggling of goods into the unit.[10] A prison guard at the unit sent a complaint to Jerry Madden, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, saying that corruption was occurring at the unit.[11] TDCJ investigators searched the entire unit.[12] After the investigation on the matter, Anthony Collins, the senior warden, lost his job.[13] TDCJ investigators searched the entire prison to find evidence of corruption.[12] The Texas Senate ordered prison officials to testify in a hearing related to the incident.[14]

Notable prisoners

Former:

References
  1. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 16 (PDF p. 17/67). Retrieved 2022-08-12. Terrell Unit
  2. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rosharon CDP, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 21, 2018.
  3. "Terrell Unit Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  4. Staff and Wire Reports. "Parts of Houston join evacuation." Houston Chronicle. September 21, 2005. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.
  5. "Rapper Pimp C released from prison" (). KTRK-TV. Friday December 20, 2005. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
  6. "West Livingston CDP, Texas Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  7. Timms, Ed. "Uneasy about death row, Terrell wants name off unit Prison expected to be renamed." The Dallas Morning News. July 14, 2001. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "Another prison the Ramsey III unit in Brazoria County probably will be renamed for Mr Terrell"
  8. "Ramsey III Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. August 23, 2000. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  9. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 103. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
  10. "Have Corrupt Officers Taken Over Local Prison?" (Archive). KPRC-TV. Thursday May 1, 2008. Updated on May 2, 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
  11. "Local 2 Investigates Charges Of Prison Corruption" (Archive). KPRC-TV. Friday May 2, 2008. Updated on May 3, 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
  12. "Prison On Lockdown After Local 2 Investigation" (Archive). KHOU-TV. Wednesday May 7, 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
  13. "Prison Warden Removed Following Local 2 Investigation" (Archive). KPRC-TV. Tuesday May 6, 2008. Updated May 6, 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
  14. Dean, Stephen and Brian Sasser. "Texas Senate Calls Hearings Over Prison Corruption." KPRC-TV. 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.

12) http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Third-Texas-prison-unit-evacuated-because-of-Brazos-River-flooding-381784271.html

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