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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 W. F. Ramsey Unit (previously Ramsey I Unit ) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas , [ 1 ] with a ...
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. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.
The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations. [5] In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25. [6] In 2006, the Ramsey II facility was renamed in honor of Alfred McIntyre "Mac" Stringfellow, a former TDCJ board chairman.
The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, failing to protect them ...
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
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.
The prison is located on Texas State Highway 36, between Farm to Market Road 215 and Farm to Market Road 929. The 1,317 acres (533 ha) unit, which opened in November 1995, is co-located with the Christina Crain Unit , the Hilltop Unit , the Patrick O'Daniel Unit , and the Woodman Unit. [ 1 ]
The body cavity search Christina Cardenas was subjected to at a correctional facility and hospital in Tehachapi amounted to "state sanctioned torture," famed attorney Gloria Allred said.