Darrington Unit
 Location in Texas
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| Location | 59 Darrington Road Rosharon, Texas 77583 |
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| Coordinates | 29°23′58″N 95°29′27″W / 29.3995500°N 095.4907500°WCoordinates: 29°23′58″N 95°29′27″W / 29.3995500°N 095.4907500°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | G1-G5, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty, Transient |
| Capacity | Unit: 1,610 Trusty Camp: 321 |
| Opened | 1933 |
| Managed by | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
| Warden | Mark Jones, Assistant Warden Keith Atchison, Assistant Warden James Danhiem |
| County | Brazoria County |
| Country | USA |
| Website | www |
The Darrington Unit (DA) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, near Sandy Point, The unit is along Farm to Market Road 521, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Rosharon, and south of Houston. The prison has about 6,770 acres (2,740 ha) of land. The prison has the Region III Administrative Office of the Windham School District.
The unit opened in 1917. The TDCJ believes that the unit was named after the original landowners of the area occupied by the prison. The "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" was first recorded by John A. Lomax in 1934 at Darrington, sung by "Sin-Killer" Griffin who claimed authorship. In 1935 Darrington housed African American prisoners.
In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed white second offenders. In the late 1980s, Darrington housed a lot of leaders of prison gangs. In 1986 and 1987 a 12-foot (3.7 m) high gunwalk was built, overseeing 13 recreation yards; the walk allows prison guards to easily shoot and kill raging prisoners.
The Darrington Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Darrington was included through H.B. No. 2744, filed on March 6, 2007.
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