Men's prison in Texas, United States
Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Coffield, Beto , Gurney , Michael , and Powledge units) Topographic map of the Coffield State Prison Farm, July 1, 1977, U.S. Geological Survey The H. H. Coffield Unit (CO ) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County , Texas . The prison, near Tennessee Colony , is along Farm to Market Road 2054 . The unit, on a 20,518 acres (8,303 ha) plot of land, is co-located with Beto , Gurney , Michael , and Powledge units. With a capacity of 4,139 inmates, Coffield is the TDCJ's largest prison. Coffield opened in June 1965.
In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Coffield and Powledge Unit .
Coffield has employee housing.
In early 2019 Gateway Church opened its first prison campus inside Coffield.
Notable Inmates
Inmate Name
Register Number
Status
Details
Joshua Luke Bagwell
05759612 / 00815991
Serving a life sentence. Eligible for parole in 2036.
One of three perpetrators of the 1996 rape and Murder of Heather Rich . The case experienced renewed attention after Bagwell and a few other inmates escaped custody in 2002, and later captured.
Mel Hall
06023953/01581384
40 year sentence. Eligible for parole in 2031.
Former Major League Baseball player (1981-92, 1996). Convicted of sexually assaulting two underage females.
References
"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Anderson County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . pp. 17-18 (PDF p. 18-19/41). Retrieved 2022-08-14. H H Coffield Unit ^ Coffield Unit ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
Dictionary of American Penology . Second Edition. Greenwood Publishing Group , 1996. 219 . Retrieved from Google Books on August 23, 2010. ISBN 0-313-26689-1 , ISBN 978-0-313-26689-8 .
Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession Archived 2012-09-11 at archive.today ." Austin American-Statesman Man who escaped E. Texas prison through ventilation shaft is caught ." The Dallas Morning News "Gateway Church Seeing Revival, 500 Salvations at Its New Prison Church Campus" . 4 February 2019.Cochran, Mike (1998-05-31). "Tangle of Guilt and Repentance Follows Slaying of Cheerleader" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2024-01-23.
staff, CBSNews com staff CBSNews com (2002-01-29). "Texas Manhunt On - CBS News" . www.cbsnews.com . Retrieved 2024-01-23.
"Texas Fugitives in Custody After Standoff" . ABC News . Retrieved 2024-01-23.
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Psychiatric units Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female-only) or ♂♀ (cogender)
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