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Prison in Texas, United States

A.M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit Location in Texas Location 1200 FM 655 Rosharon, Texas 77583 Coordinates 29°17′56″N 95°32′21″W / 29.29889°N 95.53917°W / 29.29889; -95.53917 Status Operational Security class 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 Website www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../r2.html

Aerial photograph of the Ramsey Units, January 23, 1995, [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey)

Topographical map of the Ramsey Units, July 1, 1984, United States Geological Survey

The **A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit** (previously **Ramsey II Unit**) is a [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/source/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice) prison located in [unincorporated](/source/Unincorporated_area) [Brazoria County](/source/Brazoria_County%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas),[1] with a [Rosharon, Texas](/source/Rosharon%2C_Texas) postal address it is not inside the Rosharon [census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place).[2] The prison is located on [Farm to Market Road 655](/source/Farm_to_Market_Road_655), 4 miles (6.4 km) west of [Farm to Market Road 521](/source/Farm_to_Market_Road_521),[3] and about 30 miles (48 km) south of [Houston](/source/Houston).[4] The unit is co-located with the [Ramsey Unit](/source/Ramsey_Unit) and the [Terrell Unit](/source/Terrell_Unit) on a 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) plot of land.[3]

## History

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]

## Operations

The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the [Alvin Community College](/source/Alvin_Community_College). Stringfellow was included through H.B. No. 2744,[8] filed on March 6, 2007.[9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brazoria County, TX"](https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/county/c48039_brazoria/DC20BLK_C48039.pdf) (PDF). [U.S. Census Bureau](/source/U.S._Census_Bureau). p. 16 (PDF p. 17/67). Retrieved 2022-08-12. Stringfellow Unit

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "[2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rosharon CDP, TX](https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4863332_rosharon/DC10BLK_P4863332_001.pdf)." [U.S. Census Bureau](/source/U.S._Census_Bureau). Retrieved on January 21, 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Profile_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Profile_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Profile_3-2) "[Stringfellow Unit](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/r2.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080821225947/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/r2.htm) 2008-08-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)." [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/source/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice). Retrieved on July 20, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "[Inmate recaptured after slipping from work squad](https://web.archive.org/web/20110629045351/http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=5636893)." *[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)* at *[KTRK-TV](/source/KTRK-TV)*. Wednesday September 5, 2007. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Accountfarm_5-0)** "[Convict Leasing and State Account Farming (1883-1909)](http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/prisons/convictlease/page3.html)." [Texas State Library and Archives](/source/Texas_State_Library_and_Archives). Retrieved on April 29, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. *First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System*. [University of Texas Press](/source/University_of_Texas_Press), 2009. [82](https://books.google.com/books?id=WQbCzIK84D8C&dq=%22Darrington+Farm%22+prison&pg=PA82). Retrieved from *[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)* on July 20, 2010. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-292-71983-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-292-71983-3), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-292-71983-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-292-71983-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Agency News - July/August 2006"](https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/connections/JulAug2006/agency3_v13no6.html). *www.tdcj.texas.gov*. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "[H.B. No. 2744](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/78R/billtext/pdf/HB02744I.pdf)." [Texas Legislature](/source/Texas_Legislature). Retrieved on March 11, 2011. "(3) the territory located in Brazoria County, situated to the west of the Alvin Community College District boundary as it existed on January 1, 2003, extending west to the eastern border of Fort Bend County, and south to County Roads 49, 34, and 255, including the City of Rosharon and the Darrington and Ramsey Units of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "[Bill: HB 2744](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/billlookup/History.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=HB2744)." [Texas Legislature](/source/Texas_Legislature). Retrieved on March 11, 2011.

## External links

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

- "[Stringfellow Unit](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/r2.html)." [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/source/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice).

- [Map of Stringfellow Unit: Texas Tribune](http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-prisons/units/stringfellow/)

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)

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