From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Stringfellow Unit

Field	Value
name	A.M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit
pushpin_map	USA Texas
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Texas
location	1200 FM 655
Rosharon, Texas 77583
coordinates
status	Operational
classification	G1-G4, Outside Trusty
capacity	Unit: 893 Trusty Camp: 319
opened	July 1908
former_name	Ramsey II Unit
managed_by	TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
warden	Bridgette Hayes, Senior Warden
county	Brazoria County
country	USA
website

Rosharon, Texas 77583

Aerial photograph of the Ramsey Units, January 23, 1995, [[United States Geological Survey

Topographical map of the Ramsey Units, July 1, 1984, United States Geological Survey

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-designated place. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 mi west of Farm to Market Road 521, and about 30 mi south of Houston. The unit is co-located with the Ramsey Unit and the Terrell Unit on a 16369 acre plot of land.

History

The unit opened in July 1908. The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations. In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25.

In 2006, the Ramsey II facility was renamed in honor of Alfred McIntyre "Mac" Stringfellow, a former TDCJ board chairman. Stringfellow served from January 2000 to February 2003.

Operations

The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Stringfellow was included through H.B. No. 2744, filed on March 6, 2007.

References

"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4863332_rosharon/DC10BLK_P4863332_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rosharon CDP, TX]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2018.
"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/r2.htm Stringfellow Unit] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-08-21 ." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.)
"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629045351/http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=5636893 Inmate recaptured after slipping from work squad]." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at ''[[KTRK-TV]]''. Wednesday September 5, 2007. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
"[http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/prisons/convictlease/page3.html Convict Leasing and State Account Farming (1883-1909)]." [[Texas State Library and Archives]]. Retrieved on April 29, 2011.
0-292-71983-3, {{ISBN. 978-0-292-71983-5.
"Agency News - July/August 2006".
"[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/78R/billtext/pdf/HB02744I.pdf H.B. No. 2744]." [[Texas Legislature]]. Retrieved on March 11, 2011. "(3) the territory located in Brazoria County, situated to the west of the Alvin Community College District boundary as it existed on January 1, 2003, extending west to the eastern border of Fort Bend County, and south to County Roads 49, 34, and 255, including the City of Rosharon and the Darrington and Ramsey Units of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
"[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/billlookup/History.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=HB2744 Bill: HB 2744]." [[Texas Legislature]]. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

prisons-in-brazoria-county,-texas 1908-establishments-in-texas buildings-and-structures-in-brazoria-county,-texas

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Stringfellow Unit — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report