Bartlett State Jail

Bartlett Innovation Unit

Status	Medium and minimum security
Capacity	1049
Opened	1995 (1995); reopened 2024
Closed	2017
Managed by	Corrections Corporation of America
Street address	1018 Arnold Drive Bartlett, Texas

The Bartlett State Jail was a privately operated minimum- and medium-security prison for men located in Bartlett, Williamson County, Texas. ^[1] The facility was operated by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and housed state inmates. ^[2]

CCA ran the facility from 1995 to 2017. It had an official capacity of 1049 inmates.

A sexual assault lawsuit filed against CCA for a "hazing" incident in October 2013 alleged, among other things, that the facility was deliberately understaffed to cut costs. ^[3]

The facility was closed in 2017 due to declining inmate populations in the state of Texas. ^[4]

In October 2024 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice reopened the facility.

References

1. the town of Bartlett stands in both Bell and Williamson counties
2. "Bartlett State Jail". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
3. Parker, Kolten (5 September 2014). "Lawsuit: Texas prison OKs odd sex assault". MySanAntonio.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
4. Rogers, Chris (6 July 2017). "Local city faces financial crisis after jail closes". kcentv.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

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