A.M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit | |
Pushpin Map: | USA Texas |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Texas |
Location: | 1200 FM 655 Rosharon, Texas 77583 |
Coordinates: | 29.2989°N -95.5392°W |
Status: | Operational |
Classification: | 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 |
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, 4miles west of Farm to Market Road 521,[3] and about 30miles south of Houston.[4] The unit is co-located with the Ramsey Unit and the Terrell Unit on a 16369acres 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]