Skyview Unit

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Skyview Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) co-gender state prison in Rusk, Texas; it is on Farm to Market Road 2972, west of Texas State Highway 69 North. It opened in July 1988. [1]

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It is on a 58-acre (23 ha) lot, co-located with the Hodge Unit. [1] It has a capacity of 528 prisoners, most of whom live in dormitories. [2]

The prison houses mentally ill inmates. Prison guards assigned to Skyview take special training to come to this prison. As of 1999 most prisoners stay for about 20-60 days before returning to a general purpose prison, but some stay long-term. Steve McVicker of the Dallas Observer wrote that at Hodge and Skyview "both guards and prisoners seem more relaxed than their counterparts at other prisons". [2] Unlike most TDCJ prisons Skyview is air conditioned, so the prison administrators turn away prisoners who they suspect are faking mental illnesses. [2]

As of April 2020 there were 479 inmates. [3]

Notable Inmates

• Diane Zamora- Convicted For The Murder Of Adrianne Jones.

References

  1. 1 2 "Skyview (SV)." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on March 31, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 McVicker, Steve. "Cruel and Unusual." Dallas Observer . Thursday July 8, 1999. Retrieved on March 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Skyview Unit | Texas Prison Inmates". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2020-05-13.

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