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The Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. The facility is located on Farm to Market Road 655, west of Farm to Market Road 521. The prison, has about of land, is co-located with Ramsey Unit and
." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. The prison is in Rosharon, and about south of Houston.Rapper Pimp C released from prison
(). '' KTRK-TV''. Friday December 20, 2005. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. began to receive death row inmates, the facility's namesake, a Dallas insurance executive named Charles Terrell, wanted his name off of the prison; as a result his name was transferred to another prison. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice voted to rename the Ramsey III Unit on July 20, 2001.''Texas Department of Criminal Justice''. Turner Publishing Company, 2004
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, . In 2008 a state investigation began in regards to accusations that a cabal of prison guards is organizing large scale smuggling of goods into the unit. A prison guard at the unit sent a complaint to Jerry Madden, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, saying that corruption was occurring at the unit. TDCJ investigators searched the entire unit.Prison On Lockdown After Local 2 Investigation
. '' KHOU-TV''. Wednesday May 7, 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011. After the investigation on the matter, Anthony Collins, the senior warden, lost his job. TDCJ investigators searched the entire prison to find evidence of corruption. The Texas Senate ordered prison officials to testify in a hearing related to the incident.Dean, Stephen and Brian Sasser.
Texas Senate Calls Hearings Over Prison Corruption
" '' KPRC-TV''. 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
Terrell Unit
" Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Map of Terrell Unit: Texas Tribune
{{TDCJ-CID prisons Prisons in Brazoria County, Texas 1983 establishments in Texas
The Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. The facility is located on Farm to Market Road 655, west of Farm to Market Road 521. The prison, has about of land, is co-located with Ramsey Unit and Stringfellow Unit
The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon, Texas postal address it is not inside the Rosharon census-designate ...
.Terrell Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. The prison is in Rosharon, and about south of Houston.Rapper Pimp C released from prison
(). '' KTRK-TV''. Friday December 20, 2005. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
History
The prison opened in September 1983. The Terrell Unit was originally the Ramsey III Unit. After the previous Terrell Unit (now the Polunsky Unit) in West Livingston, TexasWest Livingston CDP, Texas." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. began to receive death row inmates, the facility's namesake, a Dallas insurance executive named Charles Terrell, wanted his name off of the prison; as a result his name was transferred to another prison. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice voted to rename the Ramsey III Unit on July 20, 2001.''Texas Department of Criminal Justice''. Turner Publishing Company, 2004
103
, . In 2008 a state investigation began in regards to accusations that a cabal of prison guards is organizing large scale smuggling of goods into the unit. A prison guard at the unit sent a complaint to Jerry Madden, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, saying that corruption was occurring at the unit. TDCJ investigators searched the entire unit.Prison On Lockdown After Local 2 Investigation
. '' KHOU-TV''. Wednesday May 7, 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011. After the investigation on the matter, Anthony Collins, the senior warden, lost his job. TDCJ investigators searched the entire prison to find evidence of corruption. The Texas Senate ordered prison officials to testify in a hearing related to the incident.Dean, Stephen and Brian Sasser.
Texas Senate Calls Hearings Over Prison Corruption
" '' KPRC-TV''. 2008. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
Notable prisoners
Former: *David Owen Brooks
David Owen Brooks (February 12, 1955 – May 28, 2020) was an American convicted murderer and accomplice of serial killer Dean Corll, who, along with Elmer Wayne Henley, abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 boys and young men b ...
(1975-2020)
* Pimp C (2002-2005)
References
12) http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Third-Texas-prison-unit-evacuated-because-of-Brazos-River-flooding-381784271.htmlExternal links
*Terrell Unit
" Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Map of Terrell Unit: Texas Tribune
{{TDCJ-CID prisons Prisons in Brazoria County, Texas 1983 establishments in Texas