Louis C. Powledge Unit

Louis C. Powledge Unit
Location 1400 FM 3452
Palestine, Texas 75803
Coordinates 31°44′00″N 95°48′15″W / 31.7334000°N 095.8042833°W / 31.7334000; -095.8042833
Status Operational
Security class G2, G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
Capacity Unit: 816 Trusty Camp: 321
Opened July 1982
Former name Beto II Unit
Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden Balden Polk
County Anderson County
Country USA
Website www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../b2.html
Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Powledge, Beto, Coffield, Gurney, and Michael units)
1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Powledge Unit

The Louis C. Powledge Unit (B2, originally the Beto II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The approximately 20,518-acre (8,303 ha) unit, co-located with the Beto, Coffield, and Michael prison units and the Gurney Unit transfer facility, is along Farm to Market Road 3452. The facility is located off of Farm to Market Road 645, 7 miles (11 km) west of Palestine.[1]

The unit opened in July 1982 as the Beto II Unit.[2] It was originally named after former Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) head George Beto.[3] Construction of the bus repair facility began in October 1982 and ended in October 1984. The unit acquired additional acreage in October 1986. Construction of a 200 person trusty camp facility began in 1987 and ended in January 1989. In October 1988 the bus repair facility was converted into a manufacturer of dump beds and spreader boxes for the Highway Department dump trucks and of jail steel products for the construction of additional TDCJ units. The Louis C. Powledge Unit received its current name on May 5, 1995, after Louis C. Powledge, a former Assistant Director of Contract Construction.[2]

In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Powledge and Coffield Unit.[4]

Notable residents

Current (as of 2015):

Former:

References

  1. ↑ "Powledge Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 104. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
  3. ↑ "Beto, George John." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on August 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ Ward, Mike. "Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession." Austin American-Statesman. Sunday September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Offender Information Detail: Hornbuckle, Terry". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 2010-06-05. (Archive) TDCJ Number 01400102 - SID 07475658
  6. 1 2 3 Bentley, Paul and Thomas Durante. "Warren Jeffs moved to solitary cell to serve life sentence for rape of child brides - but allowed phone calls AND visitors." Daily Mail. August 24, 2011. Retrieved on December 28, 2015. "Other residents at the Powledge Unit include Terry Hornbuckle, the Arlington Pastor convicted of raping members of his congregation in 2006, and Royce Zeigler, who’s serving a life sentence for the murder of Riley Ann Sawyers, the two-year-old girl killed in the Texas 'Baby Grace' case"
  7. ↑ "Offender Information Search: Jeffs, Warren Steed" (Archive). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "[offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=08977806 Routh, Eddie Ray]" (Archive). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Offender Information Detail". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 2009-07-10. TDCJ Number 01110642 - SID 04236244
  10. ↑ "Offender Search." -- Enter "Royce Zeigler". TDCJ ID 01605580. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.

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