Robertson Unit

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The Robertson Unit is a maximum-security state prison located on FM 3722 in unincorporated Jones County, Texas, United States, north of the town of Abilene.

The prison for males, classified as a "prison," is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within Region VI.

The unit was opened November 1992[1] The Robertson Unit has space for 1,244 inmates in General Population, plus a large Administrative Segregation facility. The Unit has a large garment manufacturing facility, which makes garments for several other State and local corrections facilities. Also notable, is the Robertson Unit's kennel of tracking dogs, and horses for mounted operations.

The unit is named after French M. Robertson who was an Abilene Lawyer and oilman. [2]

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  1. ^ Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (2004). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, p. 107. ISBN 1563119641. 
  2. ^ Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (2004). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, p. 107. ISBN 1563119641. 

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