| Prison Name: | Dalhart Unit |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Texas |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Texas |
| Location: | 11950 FM 998 Dalhart, Texas 79022 |
| Status: | Operational |
| Classification: | G1, G2, G4 |
| Capacity: | 1,040[1] |
| Opened: | February 1995 |
| Managed By: | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
| Warden: | Billy Thompson |
| County: | Hartley County |
| Country: | USA |
The Dalhart Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in unincorporated Hartley County, Texas.[2] The unit is along Farm to Market Road 998 and near U.S. Highway 54, 4miles west and 1miles south of Dalhart.[3] It is located next to Dalhart Municipal Airport. As of 2000 Dalhart serves minimum and medium security inmates.[4]
The unit opened in February 1995.[3] The unit was named in memory of R.C. Johnson, a longtime sheriff of Dallam County, and Steve Booth, a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper who was killed.[5] In September 2007 62% of the prison's job positions were filled, making the Dalhart Unit among the most under-staffed units in the state. In October 2007 an entire wing of the prison was closed because there were too few officers to properly monitor the wing.[6] Staffing is a constant problem, press reports indicated that in 2018, the facility was at 51% staffing.[7]