Status Operational Warden Vicente Fernandez Opened July 1982 | Security class G1-G3, Outside Trusty Phone +1 281-277-7000 | |
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Capacity Unit: 810 Trusty Camp: 321 Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division Address 3 Jester Rd, Richmond, TX 77406, USA | ||
The Beauford H. Jester III Unit (J3) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond. The unit, which opened in July 1982 with about 940 acres (380 ha) of land, is co-located with Jester I Unit, Carol Vance Unit, and Jester IV Unit.
The unit was named after Governor of Texas Beauford H. Jester. Jester III opened in 1982. The land that Jester III sits on was purchased in 1885 by the state.
In 2011 the prison's garment plant closed, and its operations were consolidated with the garment plant at Eastham Unit.
In 2011 a middle school, James Bowie Middle School, and a strip commercial center opened across the street from Jester III and Jester IV Unit.