Dempsie Henley State Jail is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for women located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas.[1] It is located on Texas State Highway 321, 5miles north of Dayton. The facility, on an approximately 394acres plot of land, is co-located with the Hightower Prison Unit and the Plane State Jail.[2] Henley is designed to hold around 500 prisoners.[3]
Henley was dedicated on Friday, June 30, 1995. The facility was named after Dempsie Henley, who served as a Liberty County judge. Henley served for 16 years before he retired around January 1995. Henley had a stroke around that time, and he died on May 16, 1995.[3]