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Louis C. Powledge Unit

Minimum-security prison in Palestine, Texas

Minimum-security prison in Palestine, Texas

FieldValue
prison_nameLouis C. Powledge Unit
<!-- Commented out:imageTexas DCJ logo.png --
location1400 FM 3452
Palestine, Texas 75803
coordinates
statusOperational
classificationG2, G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
capacityUnit: 816 Trustee Camp: 321
openedJuly 1982
former_nameBeto II Unit
managed_byTDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
wardenJimmy Bowman
countyAnderson County
countryUS
website

Palestine, Texas 75803

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 20518 acre 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 mi west of Palestine.

The unit opened in July 1982 as the Beto II Unit. It was originally named after former Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) head George Beto. 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 Louie C. Powledge, a former assistant director of contract construction.

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

Notable offenders

Current (as of 2019):

  • Patrick Crusius – perpetrator of the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
  • Warren Jeffs – leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, convicted of aggravated sexual assault of multiple children

Former:

  • Carlos Coy (South Park Mexican) – Houston, Texas rapper convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child
  • Eddie Ray Routh – serving life without parole for the murders of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield
  • Royce Zeigler – convicted of the murder of Riley Ann Sawyers
  • Terry Hornbuckle – former pastor in Arlington, Texas church, convicted of raping females in congregation

References

References

  1. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Anderson County, TX". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
  2. "[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/b2.htm Powledge Unit] {{webarchive. link. (2010-07-25 ." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.)
  3. 1-56311-964-1, {{ISBN. 978-1-56311-964-4.
  4. "[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbenm Beto, George John]." [[Handbook of Texas]]. Retrieved on August 8, 2010.
  5. Ward, Mike. "[https://archive.today/20120911191334/http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/prison-industry-programs-a-victim-of-economic-recession-1820020.html?viewAsSinglePage=true Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession]." ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''. September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  6. "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search".
  7. "[http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=08888382 Offender Information Search: Jeffs, Warren Steed]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185956/http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=08888382 Archive]). [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
  8. "Offender Information Detail". Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
  9. "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search".
  10. "[http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-prisons/inmates/royce-clyde-zeigler-ii/155813/ Offender Search] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-03-03 ." -- Enter "Royce Zeigler". TDCJ ID 01605580. [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.)
  11. "Offender Information Detail: Hornbuckle, Terry". [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]].
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