Louis C. Powledge Unit

Location	1400 FM 3452; Palestine, Texas 75803
Coordinates	31°44′00″N 95°48′15″W / 31.7334000°N 095.8042833°W
Status	Operational
Security class	G2, G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
Capacity	Unit: 816 Trustee Camp: 321
Opened	July 1982
Former name	Beto II Unit
Managed by	TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden	Jimmy Bowman
County	Anderson County
Country	US
Website	www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/b2.html
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Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (the Powledge, Beto, Coffield, Gurney, and Michael units)

1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Powledge Unit

The Louis C. Powledge Unit (B2, originally the Beto II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas.^[1] The approximately 20,518-acre (8,303 ha) unit, co-located with the Beto, Coffield, and Michael prison units and the Gurney Unit transfer facility, is along Farm to Market Road 3452. The facility is located off of Farm to Market Road 645, 7 miles (11 km) west of Palestine.^[2]

The unit opened in July 1982 as the Beto II Unit.^[3] It was originally named after former Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) head George Beto.^[4] Construction of the bus repair facility began in October 1982 and ended in October 1984. The unit acquired additional acreage in October 1986. Construction of a 200-person trusty camp facility began in 1987 and ended in January 1989. In October 1988 the bus repair facility was converted into a manufacturer of dump beds and spreader boxes for the Highway Department dump trucks and of jail steel products for the construction of additional TDCJ units. The Louis C. Powledge Unit received its current name on May 5, 1995, after Louie C. Powledge, a former assistant director of contract construction.^[3]

In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Powledge and Coffield Unit.^[5]

Notable offenders

Current (as of 2019):

Patrick Crusius – perpetrator of the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting^[6]
Warren Jeffs^[7] – leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, convicted of aggravated sexual assault of multiple children

Former:

Carlos Coy (South Park Mexican) – Houston, Texas rapper convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child^[8]
Eddie Ray Routh – serving life without parole for the murders of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield^[9]
Royce Zeigler – convicted of the murder of Riley Ann Sawyers^[10]
Terry Hornbuckle – former pastor in Arlington, Texas church, convicted of raping females in congregation^[11]

References

^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Anderson County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 24 (PDF p. 25/41). Retrieved 2022-08-14. Louis C Powledge Unit
^ "Powledge Unit Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 104. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
^ "Beto, George John." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on August 8, 2010.
^ Ward, Mike. "Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession." Austin American-Statesman. September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
^ "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search". Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
^ "Offender Information Search: Jeffs, Warren Steed" (Archive). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
^ "Offender Information Detail". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-10. TDCJ Number 01110642 - SID 04236244
^ "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
^ "Offender Search Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine." -- Enter "Royce Zeigler". TDCJ ID 01605580. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
^ "Offender Information Detail: Hornbuckle, Terry". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2010-06-05. () TDCJ Number 01400102 - SID 07475658

External links

"Powledge Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

[1] "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Anderson County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 24 (PDF p. 25/41). Retrieved 2022-08-14. Louis C Powledge Unit

[2] "Powledge Unit Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.

[PowledgeHistory-3] Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 104. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.

[BetoHandbook-4] "Beto, George John." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on August 8, 2010.

[5] Ward, Mike. "Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession." Austin American-Statesman. September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.

[6] "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search". Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-08-25.

[7] "Offender Information Search: Jeffs, Warren Steed" (Archive). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.

[8] "Offender Information Detail". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-10. TDCJ Number 01110642 - SID 04236244

[9] "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2025-08-25.

[10] "Offender Search Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine." -- Enter "Royce Zeigler". TDCJ ID 01605580. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.

[11] "Offender Information Detail: Hornbuckle, Terry". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2010-06-05. () TDCJ Number 01400102 - SID 07475658

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Location	1400 FM 3452 Palestine, Texas 75803
Coordinates	31°44′00″N 95°48′15″W / 31.7334000°N 095.8042833°W / 31.7334000; -095.8042833
Status	Operational
Security class	G2, G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty
Capacity	Unit: 816 Trustee Camp: 321
Opened	July 1982
Former name	Beto II Unit
Managed by	TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden	Jimmy Bowman
County	Anderson County
Country	US
Website	www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/b2.html