{{Short description|Prison farm in Texas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox prison | name = Retrieve Unit (later Wayne Scott Unit) | image = | caption = | pushpin_map = USA Texas | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas | location = 6999 Retrieve<br /> Angleton, Texas postal address 77515 | coordinates = {{Coord|29.0916667|-095.4813889|display=inline,title}} | status = Operational | classification = G1-G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty | capacity = Unit: 809 Trusty Camp: 321 | population = | populationdate = | opened = September 1919 | closed = Main prison: 2020<br>Trusty camp: Not stated | former_name = Retrieve Unit | managed_by = TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division | warden = Donald Muniz, Assistant Warden Richard Waldron | county = Brazoria County | zip = | country = USA | website = {{URL|http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../rv.html}} | prisoners = }} [[File:RetrieveUnitStitch.PNG|thumb|Aerial view of the Retrieve Unit and Brazoria County Airport, January 23, 1995 - U.S. Geological Survey]] thumb|Topographical map of the Retrieve Unit and Brazoria County Airport, July 1, 1984 - U.S. Geological Survey The '''Retrieve Unit'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/directory/unit-profiles/dir-units-retrieve.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210102421/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/directory/unit-profiles/dir-units-retrieve.htm|archive-date=2001-02-10|title=RETRIEVE (RV)|publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice|accessdate=2023-02-19|quote=Unit Address/Phone: Route 5 Box 1500, Angleton, Texas 77515[...]}}</ref> (TDCJ code: '''RV'''), later the '''Wayne Scott Unit''',<ref name="TDCJOvertime">Isensee, Bridie. "[http://thefacts.com/news/article_8837df5d-1d77-50b7-b5f7-504d314bb5f0.html TDCJ makes overtime changes]." ''Brazosport Facts''. Wednesday August 13, 2003. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref> was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/county/c48039_brazoria/DC20BLK_C48039.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-12|page=42 (PDF p. 43/67)|quote=Wayne Scott Unit}}</ref><ref name="TDCJProfile">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201421/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/rv.htm Scott Unit]." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "6999 Retrieve, Angleton, Texas 77515"</ref> The unit, southwest of Houston,<ref>Ward, Mike. "[http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/driving-tour-shows-times-have-changed-at-suburban-616953.html Driving tour shows times have changed at suburban Houston prisons]." ''Austin American-Statesman''. Saturday April 24, 2010. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref> was along County Road 290, {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of Angleton. Scott, which was established in September 1919, had about {{convert|5766|acre|ha}} of land.<ref name="TDCJProfile"/>
==History== The prison was formerly known as the '''Retrieve Unit'''.<ref>Armintor, Carlos. "[http://thefacts.com/article_31d67bd5-e2cb-56db-8cf1-9fad096ccf28.html ‘Meanest man in Texas’ was guest of Brazoria]." ''Brazosport Facts''. Monday September 8, 2003. Updated Wednesday April 7, 2010. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.</ref> The prison opened on the grounds of the former Retrieve Plantation, which opened in 1839.<ref>"[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/acr01 Retrieve Plantation]." ''Handbook of Texas''. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.</ref> The final main building opened in the 1930s.<ref name=McCartymainclosing>{{cite web|last=McCarty|first=Maddy|url=https://thefacts.com/news/article_8bb7d704-50a4-5901-8ab1-a754807979a2.html|title=TDCJ main Wayne Scott unit closing|newspaper=The Brazosport Facts|place=Clute, Texas|date=2020-10-30|accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref>
In 1935 Retrieve housed White prisoners.<ref>Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. ''First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System''. University of Texas Press, 2009. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WQbCzIK84D8C&dq=%22Blue+Ridge%22+Mexicans+Eastham&pg=PA81 81]. Retrieved from ''Google Books'' on July 16, 2010. {{ISBN|0-292-71983-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-292-71983-5}}.</ref> In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed second offenders, habitual criminals, and African Americans over the age of 25.<ref>Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. ''First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System''. University of Texas Press, 2009. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WQbCzIK84D8C&dq=%22Darrington+Farm%22+prison&pg=PA82 82]. Retrieved from ''Google Books'' on July 16, 2010. {{ISBN|0-292-71983-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-292-71983-5}}.</ref> A post office in the nearby community of Snipe served the prison farm from 1921 to 1949.<ref name="Handbook">"[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hns57 Snipe, Texas]." ''Handbook of Texas''. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.</ref>
The prison received its final name, Wayne Scott Unit, on February 1, 2002, after a former TDCJ executive director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/MarApr2002/agency_v9no4.html#ScottUnit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020614125900/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/MarApr2002/agency_v9no4.html#ScottUnit|title=South Texas unit renamed for former TDCJ Executive Director|publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice|date=March–April 2002|archive-date=2002-06-14|access-date=2024-11-13|url-status=live}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606092913/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/archives.html Linked from here]</ref>
In September 2018, some 45 boxes of unclaimed bananas were donated to the Scott Unit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2018/9/24/20654270/18-million-worth-of-cocaine-found-in-bananas-donated-to-texas-prison-report-says/|title=$18 million worth of cocaine found in bananas donated to Texas prison, report says|last=Chapman|first=Sydney|date=2018-09-24|work=DeseretNews.com|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}}</ref> and the boxes were found to contain 540 packages of cocaine, which at the time held a street value of US$17,820,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boxes-donated-bananas-contained-17-8-million-worth-cocaine-n912476|title=$17.8 million worth of cocaine found in hidden fruit|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020 307 people worked at Wayne Scott. The main prison unit was scheduled to end operations by late 2020. According to Bryan Collier, the executive director of the prison agency, the cost to revamp the main building would exceed $30,000,000. The trusty camp at that time remained open.<ref name=McCartymainclosing/> {{Asof|2023}} the TDCJ no longer lists the former Retrieve Unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/ks_facility.html|title=Facility Map|publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice|accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref> In 2021 the Jester IV Unit in Fort Bend County was renamed the Wayne Scott Unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/connections/-articles/2021/20210600_renaming_units.html|title=TDCJ to Rename Three Prison Units |work=Criminal Justice Connections|publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice|date=June 2021|accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Texas}} * "[https://web.archive.org/*/www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/rv.html Scott Unit]." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. * [https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/retrieve-plantation Retrieve Unit] - Handbook of Texas Online {{TDCJ-CID prisons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Wayne Unit}} Category:Prisons in Brazoria County, Texas Category:1919 establishments in Texas Category:2020 disestablishments in Texas Category:Buildings and structures in Brazoria County, Texas