Status Operational County Brazoria County Opened September 1919 | Former name Retrieve Unit Phone +1 979-849-9306 | |
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Location 6999 Retrieve
Angleton, Texas 77515 Capacity Unit: 809 Trusty Camp: 321 Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division Address 6999 Retrieve Rd, Angleton, TX 77515, USA Warden Donald Muniz, Assistant Warden Richard Waldron Security class G1-G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty | ||
The Wayne Scott Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The unit, southwest of Houston, is along County Road 290, 8 miles (13 km) south of Angleton. Scott, which was established in September 1919, has about 5,766 acres (2,333 ha) of land.
History
The prison was formerly known as the Retrieve Unit. The prison opened on the grounds of the former Retrieve Plantation, which opened in 1839.
In 1935 Retrieve housed White prisoners. In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed second offenders, habitual criminals, and African Americans over the age of 25. A post office in the nearby community of Snipe served the prison farm from 1921 to 1949.
References
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