Stringfellow Unit

A.M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit
Location 1200 FM 655
Rosharon, Texas 77583
Coordinates 29°17′56″N 95°32′21″W / 29.2988889°N 095.5391667°W
Status Operational
Security class G1-G4, Outside Trusty
Capacity Unit: 893 Trusty Camp: 319
Opened July 1908
Former name Ramsey II Unit
Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden Frankie Reescano
County Brazoria County
Country USA
Website www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../r2.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

The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in Rosharon, Brazoria County, Texas. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521,[1] and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Houston.[2] The unit is co-located with the Ramsey Unit and the Terrell Unit on a 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) plot of land.[1]

History

The unit opened in July 1908.[1] The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations.[3] In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25.[4]

Operations

The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Stringfellow was included through H.B. No. 2744,[5] filed on March 6, 2007.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Stringfellow Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Inmate recaptured after slipping from work squad." Associated Press at KTRK-TV. Wednesday September 5, 2007. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Convict Leasing and State Account Farming (1883-1909)." Texas State Library and Archives. Retrieved on April 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System. University of Texas Press, 2009. 82. Retrieved from Google Books on July 20, 2010. ISBN 0-292-71983-3, ISBN 978-0-292-71983-5.
  5. ↑ "H.B. No. 2744." Texas Legislature. Retrieved on March 11, 2011. "(3) the territory located in Brazoria County, situated to the west of the Alvin Community College District boundary as it existed on January 1, 2003, extending west to the eastern border of Fort Bend County, and south to County Roads 49, 34, and 255, including the City of Rosharon and the Darrington and Ramsey Units of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
  6. ↑ "Bill: HB 2744." Texas Legislature. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.

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Coordinates: 29°17′56″N 95°32′21″W / 29.29889°N 95.53917°W