{{Short description|Prison in Texas, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox prison | name = Dr. Lane Murray Unit | image = Entrance to Lane Murray Unit.jpg | caption = | pushpin_map = USA Texas | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas | location = 1916 North Hwy 36 Bypass<br /> [[Gatesville, Texas]] 76596 | coordinates = {{coord|31|28|35|N|97|43|35|W|scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | status = Operational | classification = [[List of security classification of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice|G1-G4, Administrative Segregation]] | capacity = 1,341 | population = | populationdate = | opened = November 1995 | closed = | former_name = | managed_by = [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice#Correctional Institutions Division|TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division]] | warden = Audrey England | county = [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]] | country = [[United States of America|USA]] | website = [https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/lm.html Dr. Lane Murray Unit] | prisoners = }} [[File:GatesvilleUnitsAerial.png|thumb|Aerial photograph of the prisons in Gatesville, January 13, 1996, [[United States Geological Survey]]]] [[File:GatesvillePrisonsTX1994.PNG|thumb|Topographical map of the Gatesville prison units, 1994, USGS - The area now contains the Murray Unit]] '''Dr. Lane Murray Unit''' is a [[Incarceration of women|women's prison]] of the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] located in [[Gatesville, Texas]]. The prison is located on [[Texas State Highway 36]], between [[Farm to Market Road 215]] and Farm to Market Road 929. The {{convert|1317|acre|ha}} unit, which opened in November 1995, is co-located with the [[Christina Crain Unit]], the [[Hilltop Unit]], the [[Patrick O'Daniel Unit]], and the Woodman Unit.<ref name="Murray">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lm.htm Murray Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201355/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lm.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> The unit is named after Lane Murray, who was the first superintendent of the [[Windham School District (Texas)|Windham School District]].
==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.<ref>Santo, Alysia ([[The Marshall Project]]). "[https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/ Preying on Texas Prisoners: When Guards Demand Sex]." ''[[Texas Tribune]]''. June 17, 2015. Retrieved on June 2, 2016. [https://www.newsweek.com/texas-prison-rape-capital-us-344729 Also at] ''[[Newsweek]]'' as "Texas: The Prison Rape Capital of the U.S."</ref>
In 2010 the Murray Unit began to host a faith-based dormitory rehabilitation program.<ref>Pari, Ursula. "[http://www.ksat.com/news/23438707/detail.html Gatesville Prison Operates 'Faith Dorm' Rehab Program] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611041635/http://www.ksat.com/news/23438707/detail.html |date=June 11, 2011 }}." ''[[KSAT-TV]]''. Monday May 3, 2010. Retrieved on May 4, 2010.</ref>
==Notable prisoners== ===Current=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !width=13%|Inmate Name !width=10%|Register Number !width=28%|Status !width=35%|Details |- |style="text-align:center;"| Kaitlin Armstrong |style="text-align:center;"| 19482417 / 02475058 | Serving a 90-year sentence; eligible for parole in 2052.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-18 |title=Kaitlin Armstrong is sentenced to 90 years in prison for the murder of elite cyclist Moriah 'Mo' Wilson |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-jury-sentences-killer-bicyclist-moriah-mo-wilson-90-years-bars-rcna125691 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> | Perpetrator of the 2022 [[Murder of Moriah Wilson]], a professional cyclist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plohetski |first=Ryan Autullo and Tony |title=Texas woman in love triangle accused of killing pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, police say |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/21/warrant-issued-austin-woman-death-cyclist-anna-moriah-wilson/9870640002/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Texas woman accused in a pro cyclist's death is arrested in Costa Rica |work=NPR |date=30 June 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1109087285/pro-cyclist-texas-murder-arrest-costa-rica |access-date=2024-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Suspect in Texas murder of elite cyclist Anna Moriah 'Mo' Wilson arrested in Costa Rica |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-texas-murder-elite-cyclist-anna-moriah-mo-wilson-arrested-cost-rcna36150 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial underway in slaying of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/kaitlin-armstrong-murder-trial/story?id=104436893 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=Video captures final screams of pro cyclist Mo Wilson after accused killer Kaitlin Armstrong tracked her on fitness app, prosecutor says - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kaitlin-armstrong-trial-video-captures-final-screams-pro-cyclist-mo-wilson-prosecutor-says/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center;"| Elizabeth Denise Escalona |style="text-align:center;"| 04827696 / 01814924 | Serving a 99-year sentence; eligible for parole in 2042.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-18 |title=Elizabeth Escalona, Texas mom who glued toddler's hands to wall after brutal beating, sentenced to 99 years in prison |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-escalona-texas-mom-who-glued-toddlers-hands-to-wall-after-brutal-beating-sentenced-to-99-years-in-prison/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=CBS News |language=en}}</ref> | 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. |- |style="text-align:center;"| Chante Jawan Mallard |style="text-align:center;"| 06849879 / 01183569 | Serving a 50-year sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-28 |title=Windshield Woman Gets 50 Years - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/windshield-woman-gets-50-years/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Eligible for parole in 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mallard, Chante Jawan, Offender Information Details |url=https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=06849879 |publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |access-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020212648/https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=06849879 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2002-03-08 |title=Man Stuck in Windshield Left to Die |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-08-mn-31784-story.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Woman who left man to die in windshield is convicted |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/06/27/woman-who-left-man-to-die-in-windshield-is-convicted/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Texas Woman Guilty of Murder In Death of Man in Windshield |url=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/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center;"| Edith Beebe |style="text-align:center;"| 06478363 / 01162441 | Scheduled for release in 2078; eligible for parole in 2033.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beebe, Edith, Offender Information Details |url=https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=06478363 |publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> | Convicted of physically abusing multiple children.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Mother-gets-75-years-for-abuse-2086115.php |title=Mother gets 75 years for abuse |first=Cindy |last=Horswell |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=February 1, 2003 |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-15 |title=Survivor recalls 'worst case of child abuse' in Liberty County history |url=https://apnews.com/article/texas-child-abuse-fb477c5e5491408793f16ca68f2e5320 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Horswell |first=Cindy |date=2016-04-03 |title=Survivor of childhood abuse moves forward by looking back |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Survivor-of-childhood-abuse-moves-forward-by-7224850.php |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center;"| [[Genene Jones]] |style="text-align:center;"| 03193016 / 02302131 | Serving a life sentence; eligible for parole in 2037.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jones, Genene, Offender Information Details |url=https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=03193016 |publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |access-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525043220/https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=03193016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 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]].<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1984-02-16 |title=Nurse Convicted In Infant's Death |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/16/us/nurse-convicted-in-infant-s-death.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The number of deaths Genene is responsible for is likely much higher, and in 2020, was convicted in the murder of infant Joshua Sawyer.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Former nurse suspected of killing up to 60 children |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/nurse-suspected-killing-60-children/story?id=48206847 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanglin |first=Doug |title=She was suspected of killing dozens of children. Now, woman dubbed 'killer nurse' gets life sentence |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/17/texas-killer-nurse-genene-jones-guilty-infant-death/4499258002/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-17 |title=Former nurse suspected in the killing of dozens of children gets life sentence |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-texas-nurse-suspected-killing-dozens-children-gets-life-sentence-n1117591 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-01-16 |title='Killer Nurse' Genene Jones pleads guilty, gets life in prison |url=https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/01/16/watch-killer-nurse-genene-jones-makes-plea-deal-in-court-hearing/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=KSAT |language=en}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center;"| [[Diane Zamora]] |style="text-align:center;"| 05713081 / 00814993 | Serving a life sentence. Eligible for parole in 2036 <ref>{{cite web |title=Zamora, Diane, Offender Information Details |url= https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=05713081 |publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> | Convicted, along with her boyfriend David Graham, in the 1995 murder of Adrianne Jessica Jones.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Verhovek |first=Sam Howe |date=1996-09-10 |title=A Tale of Love and Murder in a Small Town |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/10/us/a-tale-of-love-and-murder-in-a-small-town.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pressley |first=Sue Anne |date=1998-02-18 |title=ZAMORA CONVICTED IN SLAYING |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/02/18/zamora-convicted-in-slaying/fcdffff2-55c2-482a-8e60-30c2d6ae4e40/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=1998-02-18 |title=Zamora found guilty of murder Former midshipman convicted in death of romantic rival |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/02/18/zamora-found-guilty-of-murder-former-midshipman-convicted-in-death-of-romantic-rival/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Baltimore Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-25 |title=What you need to know about the teenage love triangle that sent the Texas 'Cadet Killers' to prison 20 years ago |url=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/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-killer-cadets/ |title=The Killer Cadets |first=Skip |last=Hollandsworth |date=December 1, 1996 |magazine=Texas Monthly |volume=24 |number=12 |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> |- | style="text-align: center;" |[[Stephanie Nadolny]] | style="text-align: center;" |04187780 / 02604853 |Serving 180 Day Sentence, Eligible for Parole on November 11, 2026 [https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=04187780] |Property Theft & DWI Third or more. Professional Voice Actress [https://gamerant.com/dragon-ball-stephanie-nadolny-arrested-parole-denied/][https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=04187780] |}
===Former=== *[[Kimberly Saenz]]- (Intake) Moved to [[Mountain View Unit]]. *[[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]] in 1984, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863.
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==External links== {{Portal|Texas|Law}} *[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/lm.html Murray Unit] [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]
{{TDCJ-CID prisons}} {{Gatesville, Texas}} {{Women's prisons in the United States}}
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