# Dr. Lane Murray Unit

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Prison in Texas, U.S.

Dr. Lane Murray Unit Location within Texas Location 1916 North Hwy 36 Bypass Gatesville, Texas 76596 31°28′35″N 97°43′35″W / 31.47639°N 97.72639°W / 31.47639; -97.72639 Status Operational Security class G1-G4, Administrative Segregation Capacity 1,341 Opened November 1995 Managed by TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division Warden Audrey England Website Dr. Lane Murray Unit

Aerial photograph of the prisons in Gatesville, January 13, 1996, [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey)

Topographical map of the Gatesville prison units, 1994, USGS - The area now contains the Murray Unit

**Dr. Lane Murray Unit** is a [women's prison](/source/Incarceration_of_women) of the [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/source/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice) located in [Gatesville, Texas](/source/Gatesville%2C_Texas). The prison is located on [Texas State Highway 36](/source/Texas_State_Highway_36), between [Farm to Market Road 215](/source/Farm_to_Market_Road_215) and Farm to Market Road 929. The 1,317 acres (533 ha) unit, which opened in November 1995, is co-located with the [Christina Crain Unit](/source/Christina_Crain_Unit), the [Hilltop Unit](/source/Hilltop_Unit), the [Patrick O'Daniel Unit](/source/Patrick_O'Daniel_Unit), and the Woodman Unit.[1] The unit is named after Lane Murray, who was the first superintendent of the [Windham School District](/source/Windham_School_District_(Texas)).

## History

The State of Texas, in 1997, passed a law criminalizing any sexual relations between a prisoner and prison guard after, in the 1990s, prosecutors were unable to have a prison guard at Murray convicted for coercing inmates into sexual interactions. The prison guard stated that the sexual interactions were consensual.[2]

In 2010 the Murray Unit began to host a faith-based dormitory rehabilitation program.[3]

## Notable prisoners

### Current

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details Kaitlin Armstrong 19482417 / 02475058 Serving a 90-year sentence; eligible for parole in 2052.[4] Perpetrator of the 2022 Murder of Moriah Wilson, a professional cyclist.[5][6][7][8][9] Elizabeth Denise Escalona 04827696 / 01814924 Serving a 99-year sentence; eligible for parole in 2042.[10] Elizabeth Escalona savagely beat her 2-year-old daughter Jocelyn Cedillo and super glued her hands to a wall, leaving her in a coma for several days. The child suffered bleeding in the brain, bite marks, and broken ribs. Elizabeth pled guilty to one count of felony injury to a child and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. She will be eligible for parole in 2042. Chante Jawan Mallard 06849879 / 01183569 Serving a 50-year sentence.[11] Eligible for parole in 2027.[12] Perpetrator of the 2001 Murder of Gregory Glenn Biggs in which Biggs struck the windshield of Mallard's car and then Mallard left Biggs to die while Biggs was still lodged in the glass pane.[13][14][15] Edith Beebe 06478363 / 01162441 Scheduled for release in 2078; eligible for parole in 2033.[16] Convicted of physically abusing multiple children.[17][18][19] Genene Jones 03193016 / 02302131 Serving a life sentence; eligible for parole in 2037.[20] Originally convicted in the 1980s of the murder of infant Chelsea McClellan when she was working as a licensed vocational nurse at the University Health System.[21] The number of deaths Genene is responsible for is likely much higher, and in 2020, was convicted in the murder of infant Joshua Sawyer.[22][23][24][25] Diane Zamora 05713081 / 00814993 Serving a life sentence. Eligible for parole in 2036 [26] Convicted, along with her boyfriend David Graham, in the 1995 murder of Adrianne Jessica Jones.[27][28][29][30][31] Stephanie Nadolny 04187780 / 02604853 Serving 180 Day Sentence, Eligible for Parole on November 11, 2026 [1] Property Theft & DWI Third or more. Professional Voice Actress [2][3]

### Former

- [Kimberly Saenz](/source/Kimberly_Saenz)- (Intake) Moved to [Mountain View Unit](/source/Mountain_View_Unit).

- [Karla Faye Tucker](/source/Karla_Faye_Tucker) - American woman executed February 3, 1998, for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since [Velma Barfield](/source/Velma_Barfield) in 1984, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Murray_1-0)** "[Murray Unit](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lm.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201355/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lm.htm) July 25, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)." [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/source/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice). Retrieved on May 10, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Santo, Alysia ([The Marshall Project](/source/The_Marshall_Project)). "[Preying on Texas Prisoners: When Guards Demand Sex](https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/)." *[Texas Tribune](/source/Texas_Tribune)*. June 17, 2015. Retrieved on June 2, 2016. [Also at](https://www.newsweek.com/texas-prison-rape-capital-us-344729) *[Newsweek](/source/Newsweek)* as "Texas: The Prison Rape Capital of the U.S."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Pari, Ursula. "[Gatesville Prison Operates 'Faith Dorm' Rehab Program](http://www.ksat.com/news/23438707/detail.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110611041635/http://www.ksat.com/news/23438707/detail.html) June 11, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)." *[KSAT-TV](/source/KSAT-TV)*. Monday May 3, 2010. Retrieved on May 4, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kaitlin Armstrong is sentenced to 90 years in prison for the murder of elite cyclist Moriah 'Mo' Wilson"](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-jury-sentences-killer-bicyclist-moriah-mo-wilson-90-years-bars-rcna125691). *NBC News*. 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Plohetski, Ryan Autullo and Tony. ["Texas woman in love triangle accused of killing pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, police say"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/21/warrant-issued-austin-woman-death-cyclist-anna-moriah-wilson/9870640002/). *USA TODAY*. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["A Texas woman accused in a pro cyclist's death is arrested in Costa Rica"](https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1109087285/pro-cyclist-texas-murder-arrest-costa-rica). *NPR*. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Suspect in Texas murder of elite cyclist Anna Moriah 'Mo' Wilson arrested in Costa Rica"](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-texas-murder-elite-cyclist-anna-moriah-mo-wilson-arrested-cost-rcna36150). *NBC News*. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial underway in slaying of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson"](https://abcnews.go.com/US/kaitlin-armstrong-murder-trial/story?id=104436893). *ABC News*. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Video captures final screams of pro cyclist Mo Wilson after accused killer Kaitlin Armstrong tracked her on fitness app, prosecutor says - CBS News"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kaitlin-armstrong-trial-video-captures-final-screams-pro-cyclist-mo-wilson-prosecutor-says/). *www.cbsnews.com*. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Elizabeth Escalona, Texas mom who glued toddler's hands to wall after brutal beating, sentenced to 99 years in prison"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-escalona-texas-mom-who-glued-toddlers-hands-to-wall-after-brutal-beating-sentenced-to-99-years-in-prison/). *CBS News*. 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Windshield Woman Gets 50 Years - CBS News"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/windshield-woman-gets-50-years/). *www.cbsnews.com*. 2003-06-28. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Mallard, Chante Jawan, Offender Information Details"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201020212648/https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=06849879). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from [the original](https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=06849879) on October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Man Stuck in Windshield Left to Die"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-08-mn-31784-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. 2002-03-08. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Woman who left man to die in windshield is convicted"](https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/06/27/woman-who-left-man-to-die-in-windshield-is-convicted/). *Tampa Bay Times*. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Texas Woman Guilty of Murder In Death of Man in Windshield"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/06/27/texas-woman-guilty-of-murder-in-death-of-man-in-windshield/df14056e-1733-4a78-90a9-d7b2c1ece877/). *Washington Post*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0190-8286](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286). Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Beebe, Edith, Offender Information Details"](https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=06478363). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** Horswell, Cindy (February 1, 2003). ["Mother gets 75 years for abuse"](https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Mother-gets-75-years-for-abuse-2086115.php). *Houston Chronicle*. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Survivor recalls 'worst case of child abuse' in Liberty County history"](https://apnews.com/article/texas-child-abuse-fb477c5e5491408793f16ca68f2e5320). *AP News*. 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** Horswell, Cindy (2016-04-03). ["Survivor of childhood abuse moves forward by looking back"](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Survivor-of-childhood-abuse-moves-forward-by-7224850.php). *Houston Chronicle*. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Jones, Genene, Offender Information Details"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160525043220/https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=03193016). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from [the original](https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=03193016) on May 25, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["Nurse Convicted In Infant's Death"](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/16/us/nurse-convicted-in-infant-s-death.html). *The New York Times*. 1984-02-16. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["Former nurse suspected of killing up to 60 children"](https://abcnews.go.com/US/nurse-suspected-killing-60-children/story?id=48206847). *ABC News*. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** Stanglin, Doug. ["She was suspected of killing dozens of children. Now, woman dubbed 'killer nurse' gets life sentence"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/17/texas-killer-nurse-genene-jones-guilty-infant-death/4499258002/). *USA TODAY*. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["Former nurse suspected in the killing of dozens of children gets life sentence"](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-texas-nurse-suspected-killing-dozens-children-gets-life-sentence-n1117591). *NBC News*. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["'Killer Nurse' Genene Jones pleads guilty, gets life in prison"](https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/01/16/watch-killer-nurse-genene-jones-makes-plea-deal-in-court-hearing/). *KSAT*. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["Zamora, Diane, Offender Information Details"](https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=05713081). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-27)** Verhovek, Sam Howe (1996-09-10). ["A Tale of Love and Murder in a Small Town"](https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/10/us/a-tale-of-love-and-murder-in-a-small-town.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** Pressley, Sue Anne (1998-02-18). ["ZAMORA CONVICTED IN SLAYING"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/02/18/zamora-convicted-in-slaying/fcdffff2-55c2-482a-8e60-30c2d6ae4e40/). *Washington Post*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0190-8286](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286). Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** ["Zamora found guilty of murder Former midshipman convicted in death of romantic rival"](https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/02/18/zamora-found-guilty-of-murder-former-midshipman-convicted-in-death-of-romantic-rival/). *Baltimore Sun*. 1998-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** ["What you need to know about the teenage love triangle that sent the Texas 'Cadet Killers' to prison 20 years ago"](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/07/25/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-teenage-love-triangle-that-sent-the-texas-cadet-killers-to-prison-20-years-ago/). *Dallas News*. 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** Hollandsworth, Skip (December 1, 1996). ["The Killer Cadets"](https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-killer-cadets/). *Texas Monthly*. Vol. 24, no. 12. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

## External links

- [Texas portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Texas)
- [Law portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Law)

- [Murray Unit](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/lm.html) [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/source/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice)

v t e Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison units Region I Byrd Ellis Estelle (formerly Ellis II) Ferguson Goree Huntsville Lewis Polunsky (formerly Terrell) Wainwright (formerly Eastham) Wynne Region II Beto Boyd Coffield Hodge Michael Powledge Telford Region III Clemens Hightower Jester III Memorial (formerly Darrington) Ramsey Stiles Stringfellow Terrell (formerly Ramsey III) Vance Region IV Briscoe Connally Lynaugh McConnell Stevenson Torres Region V Allred Clements Dalhart Daniel Jordan Neal Roach Rudd Smith Wallace Region VI Crain♀ Hilltop♀ Hobby♀ Hughes Luther O'Daniel♀ Murray♀ Pack Robertson Private Bridgeport Cleveland Diboll Estes Kyle Coleman♀ (formerly Lockhart) B. Moore Former units Central Retrieve (later Wayne Scott) State jail units Region II Cole Hutchins Region III Gist Henley♀ Kegans Lychner Plane♀ Region IV Dominguez Lopez Ney Sanchez Region V Formby Wheeler Region VI Travis County Woodman♀ Private Bartlett Bradshaw Dawson♂♀ (closed 2013) Lindsey Willacy County Transfer units Region I Goodman Gurney Holliday Region II C. Moore Region IV Cotulla Fort Stockton Garza East (closed 2020) Garza West Region V Tulia Ware Region VI Marlin Middleton San Saba Psychiatric units Region III Wayne Scott (formerly Jester IV) Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female-only) or ♂♀ (cogender)

v t e Gatesville, Texas Texas Department of Criminal Justice Christina Crain Unit Hilltop Unit Alfred D. Hughes Unit Dr. Lane Murray Unit Patrick O'Daniel Unit Linda Woodman State Jail Education Primary & secondary schools Gatesville Independent School District Gatesville High School History Gatesville State School Mountain View State School This list is incomplete. The community college district for all of Coryell County is Central Texas College.

v t e Prisons for women in the United States This list template only include facilities for post-trial long-term confinement of adult females and juvenile females sentenced as adults, of one or two years or more (referred to as "prisons" in the United States, while the word "jail" normally refers to short-term confinement facilities) Federal facilities Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Prison Camp, Alderson Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville Federal Prison Camp, Bryan Federal Medical Center, Carswell Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin United States Penitentiary, Hazelton Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution, Waseca Converted into men's facilities Federal Reformatory for Women in Seagoville Department of Defense Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar State prisons Alabama Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women Montgomery Women's Facility Alaska Hiland Mountain Correctional Center Arizona Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville Arkansas McPherson Unit Hawkins Center for Women Closed Arkansas State Farm for Women Women removed from facility Cummins Unit Tucker Unit California California Institution for Women Central California Women's Facility Folsom Women’s Facility Converted into men's facilities Valley State Prison for Women Colorado Denver Women's Correctional Facility La Vista Correctional Facility Closed Colorado Women's Correctional Facility Connecticut York Correctional Institution Delaware Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution Florida Lowell Correctional Institution Closed Broward Correctional Institution Women removed from facility Union Correctional Institution Georgia Arrendale State Prison Pulaski State Prison Converted into men's facilities Georgia Women's Correctional Institution Closed Metro State Prison Hawaii Women's Community Correctional Center Idaho Pocatello Women's Correctional Center South Boise Women's Correctional Center Illinois Decatur Correctional Center Logan Correctional Center Closed Dwight Correctional Center Indiana Indiana Women's Prison Rockville Correctional Facility Iowa Iowa Correctional Institution for Women Kansas Topeka Correctional Facility Kentucky Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women Ross-Cash Center Converted into men's facilities Western Kentucky Correctional Complex Closed and reopened as men's facility Otter Creek Correctional Center (reopened as Southeast State Correctional Complex) Louisiana Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Women removed from facility Louisiana State Penitentiary Maine Maine Correctional Center Women's Center Maryland Maryland Correctional Institution for Women Massachusetts Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham Michigan Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility Minnesota Minnesota Correctional Facility – Shakopee Mississippi Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Delta Correctional Facility Women removed from facility Mississippi State Penitentiary Missouri Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center Chillicothe Correctional Center Montana Montana Women's Prison Nebraska Nebraska Correctional Center for Women Nevada Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center New Hampshire New Hampshire State Prison for Women New Jersey Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women New Mexico Women removed from facility Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility (formerly New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility) New York Albion Correctional Facility Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women Taconic Correctional Facility Closed Bayview Correctional Facility Beacon Correctional Facility North Carolina North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women Eastern Correctional Institution Closed Black Mountain Correctional Center for Women Fountain Correctional Center for Women North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women North Dakota Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center Ohio Ohio Reformatory for Women Oklahoma Mabel Bassett Correctional Center Oregon Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs State Correctional Institution – Muncy Rhode Island Gloria McDonald Awaiting Trial Maximum and Medium Security Facility Dorothea Dix Minimum Security Facility / Bernadette Building South Carolina Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution Leath Correctional Institution South Dakota South Dakota Women's Prison Tennessee Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center (formerly Tennessee Prison for Women) Texas Christina Crain Unit Hilltop Unit William P. Hobby Unit Dr. Lane Murray Unit Patrick O'Daniel Unit Converted into men's facilities Eastham Unit Goree Unit Johnson Farm Women removed from unit Huntsville Unit Utah Utah State Correctional Facility Closed Utah State Prison Vermont Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility Closed Dale Woman's Facility Virginia Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women Virginia Correctional Center for Women Washington Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Washington Corrections Center for Women Closed Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women West Virginia Lakin Correctional Center and Jail Women removed from facility Pruntytown Correctional Center Wisconsin Taycheedah Correctional Institution Wyoming Wyoming Women's Center District and insular area prisons District of Columbia See Federal Bureau of Prisons Closed Lorton Reformatory Guam Women's Facility Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas Prison Puerto Rico Escuela Industrial para Mujeres Vega Alta U.S. Virgin Islands Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility See also: Incarceration of women in the United States Note: Adults who commit felonies in the District of Columbia are sent to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities

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