| Prison Name: | H. H. Coffield Unit |
| Location: | 2661 FM 2054 Tennessee Colony, Texas 75884 |
| Status: | Operational |
| Classification: | G1-G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty |
| Capacity: | Unit: 3,818 Trusty Camp:321 |
| Opened: | June 1965 |
| Managed By: | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
| Warden: | Juan Garcia |
| County: | Anderson County |
| Country: | United States |
The H. H. Coffield Unit (CO) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas.[1] The prison, near Tennessee Colony, is along Farm to Market Road 2054. The unit, on a 20518acres plot of land, is co-located with Beto, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units.[2] With a capacity of 4,139 inmates, Coffield is the TDCJ's largest prison.[3] Coffield opened in June 1965.[2]
In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Coffield and Powledge Unit.[4]
Coffield has employee housing.[5]
In early 2019 Gateway Church opened its first prison campus inside Coffield.[6]
| width=13% | Inmate Name | width=10% | Register Number | width=28% | Status | width=35% | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Luke Bagwell | 05759612 / 00815991 | Serving a life sentence. Eligible for parole in 2036. | One of three perpetrators of the 1996 rape and Murder of Heather Rich.[7] The case experienced renewed attention after Bagwell and a few other inmates escaped custody in 2002, and later captured.[8] [9] | ||||
| Mel Hall | 06023953/01581384 | 40 year sentence. Eligible for parole in 2031. | Former Major League Baseball player (1981-92, 1996). Convicted of sexually assaulting two underage females. |