Status Operational Phone +1 281-595-3491 | Former name Ramsey I Unit Opened July 1908 | |
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Location 1100 FM 655Rosharon, Texas 77583 Security class G1-G3, G5, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty Capacity Unit: 1,570 Trusty Camp: 321 Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division Address 5155 FM 655, Rosharon, TX 77583, USA | ||
The W. F. Ramsey Unit (previously Ramsey I Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in Rosharon, Brazoria County, Texas. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521, and south of Houston. The 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) unit is co-located with the Stringfellow Unit and the Terrell Unit.
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History
The unit opened in July 1908. The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations. In 1935, Ramsey housed African American prisoners. In 1963, before racial desegregation took place, the Ramsey I Unit housed white prisoners.
In 2011, the Central Unit closed. The former truck distribution center at Central moved to Ramsey.
Operations
The Ramsey Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Ramsey was included through H.B. No. 2744, filed on March 6, 2007.
The University of Houston–Clear Lake offers a master's degree program at Ramsey. Prisoners may pay the State of Texas after their release.
Notable inmates
Notable inmates of the Ramsey Unit include:
Current (As of 2015):
Former: