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Stringfellow Unit

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Status
  
Operational

Former name
  
Ramsey II Unit

Opened
  
July 1908

Security class
  
G1-G4, Outside Trusty

Phone
  
+1 281-595-3413

Stringfellow Unit

Location
  
1200 FM 655 Rosharon, Texas 77583

Capacity
  
Unit: 893 Trusty Camp: 319

Managed by
  
TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division

Address
  
1200 Farm to Market 655, Rosharon, TX 77583, USA

Hours
  
Closed today WednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFriday(Cesar Chavez Day)ClosedSaturday8AM–5PMSunday8AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit

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The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison 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 about 30 miles (48 km) south of Houston. The unit is co-located with the Ramsey Unit and the Terrell Unit on a 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) plot of land.

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History

The unit opened in July 1908. The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations. In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25.

Operations

The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Stringfellow was included through H.B. No. 2744, filed on March 6, 2007.

References

Stringfellow Unit Wikipedia