Status Operational Capacity 1,341 | Warden Debbie Erwin Phone +1 254-865-2000 Opened November 1995 | |
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Location 1916 North Hwy 36 BypassGatesville, Texas 76596 Security class G1-G4, Administrative Segregation Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division Address 1916 N Texas 36 Business, Gatesville, TX 76596, USA | ||
Dr. Lane Murray Unit is a women's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in Gatesville, Texas. 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 Mountain View Unit, and the Woodman Unit. The unit is named after Dr. Lane Murray who was the first superintendent of the Windham School District
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History
The State of Texas, in 1997, passed a law criminalizing any sexual relations between a prisoner and prison guard after, in the 1990s, prosecutors were unable to have a prison guard at Murray convicted for coercing inmates into sexual interactions. The prison guard stated that the sexual interactions were consensual.
In 2010 the Murray Unit began to host a faith-based dormitory rehabilitation program.
Notable prisoners
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