Carol Vance Unit

Carol S. Vance Unit
Carol Vance Unit is located in Texas
Carol Vance Unit
Location in Texas
Location2 Jester Road
Richmond, Texas 77406
Coordinates29°37′22″N 95°42′24″W / 29.6227667°N 095.7067667°W / 29.6227667; -095.7067667
StatusOperational
Security classG1, G2
Capacity378
Opened1855 - Brick Building 1933
Former nameHarlem II Unit
Jester II Unit
Managed byTDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
WardenAmber Ochoa[1]
CountyFort Bend County
CountryUSA
Websitewww.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../j2.html
Aerial view of the Jester State Prison Farm, January 27, 2002, U.S. Geographic Survey
Topographical map of the Jester Prison Farm, the Central Prison Farm, and Sugar Land Regional Airport, July 1, 1990, U.S. Geological Survey

Carol S. Vance Unit (J2, previously the Harlem II Unit and the Jester II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison located in unincorporated central Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit, located in flatlands,[2] is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond.[1] The facility is in proximity to Sugar Land,[3] and it is about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Downtown Houston.[4] The unit, with about 940 acres (380 ha) of land, is co-located with Jester I Unit, Jester III Unit, and Jester IV Unit.[1] The unit consists of four steel buildings and two brick buildings.[5] The prison is the home of the Prison Fellowship Academy (formerly known as the "InnerChange Freedom Initiative")[6] Christian prison program. It is located on the Jester State Prison Farm property.

  1. ^ a b c "Vance Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Niebuhr, Gustav. "Using Religion to Reform Criminals" (Archive). The New York Times. January 18, 1998. 1. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  3. ^ Staff and Wire Reports. "Prison unit has new name." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday September 15, 1999. A26. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "Prisoner program links values with rehabilitation Texas convicts await experiment." The Washington Times. September 23, 1996. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "To be opened at the Jester Unit, about 20 miles southwest of Houston."
  5. ^ Reavis, Dick J. "Convict HEAVEN New faith-based prison unit appears to be a success." San Antonio Express-News. September 1, 2001. Religion 7B. Retrieved on July 30, 2010. "Named after a longtime Harris County district attorney the Vance Unit is a minimumsecurity prison that occupies four steel and two brick buildings just...
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