Terrell Unit

For the prison previously known as the Terrell Unit, see Polunsky Unit.
C.T. Terrell Unit
Terrell Unit is located in Texas
Terrell Unit
Location in Texas
Location1300 FM 655
Rosharon, Texas 77583
Coordinates29°18′37″N 95°32′13″W / 29.31028°N 95.53694°W / 29.31028; -95.53694
StatusOperational
Security classG1-G3, Outside Trusty
CapacityUnit: 1,389 Trusty Camp: 214
OpenedSeptember 1983
Managed byTDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
WardenMary Ann Comstock, Eric Miller
CountyBrazoria County
CountryUSA
Websitewww.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../r3.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 Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas,[1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place.[2] The facility is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521. The prison, has about 16,369 acres (6,624 ha) of land, is co-located with Ramsey Unit and Stringfellow Unit.[3] The prison is in Rosharon,[4] and about 35 miles (56 km) south of Houston.[5]

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 16 (PDF p. 17/67). Retrieved 2022-08-12. Terrell Unit
  2. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rosharon CDP, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Terrell Unit Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  4. ^ Staff and Wire Reports. "Parts of Houston join evacuation." Houston Chronicle. September 21, 2005. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.
  5. ^ "Rapper Pimp C released from prison" (). KTRK-TV. Friday December 20, 2005. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.