Stringfellow Unit
 Location in Texas
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| Location | 1200 FM 655 Rosharon, Texas 77583 |
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| Coordinates | 29°17′56″N 95°32′21″W / 29.29889°N 95.53917°WCoordinates: 29°17′56″N 95°32′21″W / 29.29889°N 95.53917°W |
| 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 | Virgil Mcmullen, Assistant Kenneth Jolley |
| County | Brazoria County |
| Country | USA |
| Website | www |
The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in Rosharon, Brazoria County, Texas. The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521, and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Houston. The unit is co-located with the Ramsey Unit and the Terrell Unit on a 16,369-acre (6,624 ha) plot of land.
The unit opened in July 1908. The Ramsey Prison Farm consisted of five former plantations. In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25.
The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Stringfellow was included through H.B. No. 2744, filed on March 6, 2007.
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