The Joe F. Gurney Transfer Facility or Joe F. Gurney Unit (ND) was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's Transfer Unit located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The unit is along

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, south of Tennessee Colony. The unit, on of land, is co-located with the

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(directly across the road), Coffield,

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and Powledge prison. The unit shuttered December 2020. It is named for Sergeant Joe F. Gurney. While working at Beto, Sergeant Gurney was killed when his horse fell and rolled over him.

Gallery

File:CoffieldUnitTopographical.PNG, 1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Gurney Unit

Notable Inmates

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, former voice actor for Funimation.

References

External links

Gurney Unit
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prisons in Anderson County, Texas {{law-enforcement-stub