Ramsey Unit

W. F. Ramsey Unit
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Location1100 FM 655
Rosharon, Texas 77583
Coordinates29°17′11″N 95°32′47″W / 29.2863889°N 095.5463889°W / 29.2863889; -095.5463889
StatusOperational
Security classG1-G3, G5, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
CapacityUnit: 1,570 Trusty Camp: 321
OpenedJuly 1908
Former nameRamsey I Unit
Managed byTDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
WardenKristi Pittman
CountyBrazoria County
CountryUSA
Websitewww.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../r1.html
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 W. F. Ramsey Unit (previously Ramsey I Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas,[1] with a Rosharon postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place.[2] The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521,[3] and south of Houston.[4] The 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) unit is co-located with the Stringfellow Unit and the Terrell Unit.[3]

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 16 (PDF p. 17/67). Retrieved 2022-08-12. Ramsey Unit
  2. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rosharon CDP, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Ramsey Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.
  4. ^ "Texas Department of Criminal Justice offers gang members chance for new life." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. September/October 2009. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.