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Status
  
Operational

Capacity
  
1,040

Phone
  
+1 972-366-3334

Opened
  
1989

Location
  
1100 Highway 1807 Venus, Texas 76084

Managed by
  
Management & Training Corporation

Warden
  
Stephen McAdams(2010-2013) Randy Treon (2013-Present)

Address
  
1100 Hwy 1807, Venus, TX 76084, USA

Hours
  
Open today · Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours

The Sanders "Sandy" Estes Unit is a privately operated prison in Venus, Texas. It is owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and operated by the Management & Training Corporation.

Contents

Background

Originally opened in 1989, the Sanders Estes Correctional Center houses minimum and medium security inmates. Inmates’ intensive program service needs are addressed. The facility offers a wide range of programmatic opportunities to better prepare offenders for re-entry into society. In January 2009, MTC was awarded a 6-year, 9-month contract to operate the facility.

Community Service

The Sanders Estes Unit assists local communities by providing offender crews for city, county and state work projects. The facility donates about 1200 hours of inmate community service each month.

Sanders Estes also partners with a local animal shelter to provide offenders with an opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation of abused and neglected dogs. The program runs ten weeks and focuses on animal rehabilitation through companionship, nutrition, daily exercise routines and obedience training. Upon successful completion of the program, the animals are placed with a suitable family.

Accreditation

•American Correctional Association (ACA) accreditation
•Correctional Education Association (CEA) accreditation

Rehabilitation Programs

•Orientation
•Project RIO
•Education and Testing

Education

•ABE
•Pre-GED
•GED

Career and Technical

•Culinary Arts
•Building Trades
•Electrical Trade
•Life Skills
•CHANGES

Work and Training

•Hill College sponsored Janitorial Maintenance

References

Estes Unit Wikipedia