Clemens Unit

Clemens Unit (CN)
Map
Location11034 Highway 36, Brazoria County, Texas 77422
Coordinates28°59′22″N 95°31′06″W / 28.98944°N 95.51833°W / 28.98944; -95.51833
StatusOperational
Security classG1–G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
CapacityUnit: 894 Trusty Camp: 321
Opened1893
Managed byTexas Department of Criminal Justice
WardenMichael Bates
CountyBrazoria County, Texas
CountryUS
Websitewww.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../cn.html

Clemens Unit (CN) is a prison farm of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas,[1] in Greater Houston. The prison, with about 8,008 acres (3,241 ha), is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2004 and Texas State Highway 36.[2] The prison, in the Texas Gulf Coast region,[3] is in proximity to the City of Brazoria,[4] and it is in proximity to the Velasco community, now a part of Freeport.[5] The prison is situated south of Houston.[3]

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 48 (PDF p. 49/67). Retrieved 2022-08-12. Clemens Unit
  2. ^ "Clemens Unit Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on January 17, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Castlebury, Glen. "Texas' Youthful Offender Program." Corrections Today. October 1, 2002. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
  4. ^ Staff and Wire Reports. "Parts of Houston join evacuation." Houston Chronicle. September 21, 2005. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.
  5. ^ "Convict Leasing and State Account Farming (1883–1909)." Texas State Library and Archives. Retrieved on April 29, 2011.