Wayne Scott Unit

Wayne Scott Unit
Location 6999 Retrieve
Angleton, Texas 77515
Coordinates 29°05′30″N 95°28′53″W / 29.0916667°N 095.4813889°W / 29.0916667; -095.4813889
Status Operational
Security class G1-G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
Capacity Unit: 809 Trusty Camp: 321
Opened September 1919
Former name Retrieve Unit
Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden Herman Weston
County Brazoria County
Country USA
Website www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../rv.html
Aerial view of the Retrieve Unit and Brazoria County Airport, January 23, 1995 - U.S. Geological Survey
Topographical map of the Retrieve Unit and Brazoria County Airport, July 1, 1984 - U.S. Geological Survey

The Wayne Scott Unit[1] is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas.[2] The unit, southwest of Houston,[3] is along County Road 290, 8 miles (13 km) south of Angleton. Scott, which was established in September 1919, has about 5,766 acres (2,333 ha) of land.[2]

History

The prison was formerly known as the Retrieve Unit.[4] The prison opened on the grounds of the former Retrieve Plantation, which opened in 1839.[5]

In 1935 Retrieve housed White prisoners.[6] In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed second offenders, habitual criminals, and African Americans over the age of 25.[7] A post office in the nearby community of Snipe served the prison farm from 1921 to 1949.[8]

References

  1. Isensee, Bridie. "TDCJ makes overtime changes." Brazosport Facts. Wednesday August 13, 2003. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Scott Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  3. Ward, Mike. "Driving tour shows times have changed at suburban Houston prisons." Austin American-Statesman. Saturday April 24, 2010. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  4. Armintor, Carlos. "‘Meanest man in Texas’ was guest of Brazoria." Brazosport Facts. Monday September 8, 2003. Updated Wednesday April 7, 2010. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.
  5. "Retrieve Plantation." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.
  6. Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System. University of Texas Press, 2009. 81. Retrieved from Google Books on July 16, 2010. ISBN 0-292-71983-3, ISBN 978-0-292-71983-5.
  7. 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 16, 2010. ISBN 0-292-71983-3, ISBN 978-0-292-71983-5.
  8. "Snipe, Texas." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.

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