Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Brad Livingston
Executive Direct
TDCJ Evacuates Additional Prison Units in Preparation of Hurricane Ike Landfall
Sept. 11, 2008 – Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials began evacuations early Thursday of three TDCJ units located in areas likely to be affected by Hurricane Ike.
The Terrell and Clemens units in Brazoria County and the Carole S. Young Medical Facility Complex in Galveston County began evacuations early Thursday morning. The 1,561 offenders from Terrell, located at 1300 FM 655 in Rosharon, were en route to units in the Huntsville area while 1,068 inmates assigned to Clemens, located at 11034 Highway 36 in Brazoria, were en route to units in the Palestine area. Evacuations are expected to be complete by early Thursday afternoon.
A total of 402 female offenders assigned to the Young Unit were transported to the Gatesville Unit in Gatesville. Those evacuations were completed at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Weekend visitation will be canceled at the following TDCJ prison units, although it is advised that visitors contact the unit prior to traveling to ensure visitation has not been canceled at other TDCJ facilities not listed below.
Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony
Briscoe Unit in Dilley
Byrd Unit in Huntsville
Central Unit in Sugar Land
Clemens Unit in Brazoria
Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony
Connally Unit in Kenedy
Darrington Unit in Rosharon
Eastham Unit in Lovelady
Ellis Unit in Huntsville
Estelle Unit in Huntsville
Ferguson Unit in Midway
Gatesville Unit in Gatesville
Goree Unit in Huntsville
Hightower Unit in Dayton
Hilltop Unit in Gatesville
Hobby Unit in Marlin
Hodge Unit in Rusk
Hospital Galveston in Galveston
Huntsville Unit in Huntsville
Jester I Unit in Richmond
Jester III Unit in Richmond
Jester IV Unit in Richmond
LeBlanc Unit in Beaumont
Lewis Unit in Woodville
Luther Unit in Navasota
Lynaugh Unit in Fort Stockton
McConnell Unit in Beeville
Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony
Mountain View Unit in Gatesville
Murray Unit in Gatesville
Pack Unit in Navasota
Polunsky Unit in Livingston
Powledge Unit in Palestine
Ramsey I Unit in Rosharon
Scott Unit in Angleton
Segovia Unit in Edinburg
Skyview Unit in Rusk
Stevenson Unit in Cuero
Stiles Unit in Beaumont
Stringfellow Unit in Rosharon
Terrell Unit in Rosharon
Vance Unit in Richmond
Wynne Unit in Huntsville
Carole S. Young Medical Facility Complex in Texas City
Duncan Unit in Diboll
Fort Stockton Unit in Fort Stockton
Garza East Unit in Beeville
Garza West Unit in Beeville
Goodman Unit in Jasper
Gurney Unit in Tennessee Colony
Holliday Unit in Huntsville
Marlin Facility in Marlin
Glossbrenner Unit in San Diego
Gist State Jail in Beaumont
Henley State Jail in Dayton
Kegans State Jail in Houston
Lopez State Jail in Edinburg
Lychner State Jail in Humble
Plane State Jail in Dayton
Woodman State Jail in Gatesville
Willacy County State Jail in Raymondville
Cleveland Unit in Cleveland
Diboll Unit in Diboll
East Texas Treatment Facility in Henderson
South Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility in Houston
Jefferson County Leased Bed Facility in Beaumont
Newton County Leased Bed Facility in Newton
Family members needing information on incarcerated offenders may contact TDCJ’s 24-hour Hurricane Hotline at (936) 437-6127.
Earlier in the week, TDCJ officials had taken the precaution of evacuating 12 female dialysis patients from the Young Unit to the Estelle Unit in Huntsville . On Wednesday, an additional 1,336 offenders from the Stevenson Unit in Cuero were evacuated to the McConnell Unit in Beeville and the Connally Unit in Kenedy, and 597 offenders at the Glossbrenner Unit in San Diego were evacuated to the Briscoe Unit in Dilley.
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