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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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historic Site†⁕⁑ More images: 1702 N. 13th St. West Columbia: Brazoria: THC Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site: More images: 23400 Park Road 12: Washington: Washington
La Porte (/ l ə ˈ p ɔːr t / lə PORT) is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 35,124. [4] La Porte is the fourth-largest incorporated city in Harris County.
These four former correctional officers were recognized at a remembrance ceremony for the 1978 riot at Pontiac Correctional Center. The officers are, from left, Richard Jones, Kelly Jones, Tom ...
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.