Location | 1200 FM 655 Rosharon, Texas 77583 |
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Coordinates | 29°17′56″N95°32′21″W / 29.29889°N 95.53917°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | G1-G4, Outside Trusty |
Capacity | Unit: 893 Trusty Camp: 319 |
Opened | July 1908 |
Former name | Ramsey II Unit |
Managed by | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
Warden | Bridgette Hayes, Senior Warden |
County | Brazoria County |
Country | USA |
Website | www |
The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II 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 prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521, [3] and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Houston. [4] The unit is co-located with the Ramsey Unit and the Terrell Unit on a 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) plot of land. [3]
The unit opened in July 1908. [3] The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations. [5] In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25. [6]
In 2006, the Ramsey II facility was renamed in honor of Alfred McIntyre "Mac" Stringfellow, a former TDCJ board chairman. Stringfellow served from January 2000 to February 2003. [7]
The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Stringfellow was included through H.B. No. 2744, [8] filed on March 6, 2007. [9]
Stringfellow Unit