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The prison opened in September 1983.[3] The Terrell Unit was originally the Ramsey III Unit. After the previous Terrell Unit (now the Polunsky Unit) in West Livingston, Texas[6] began to receive death row inmates, the facility's namesake, a Dallas insurance executive named Charles Terrell, wanted his name off of the prison; as a result his name was transferred to another prison.[7][8] The Texas Board of Criminal Justice voted to rename the Ramsey III Unit on July 20, 2001.[9]
In 2008 a state investigation began in regards to accusations that a cabal of prison guards is organizing large scale smuggling of goods into the unit.[10] A prison guard at the unit sent a complaint to Jerry Madden, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, saying that corruption was occurring at the unit.[11] TDCJ investigators searched the entire unit.[12] There were also allegations of officers having sex with inmates. After the investigation on the matter, Anthony Collins, the senior warden, lost his job.[13][14] TDCJ investigators searched the entire prison to find evidence of corruption.[12] The Texas Senate ordered prison officials to testify in a hearing related to the incident.[15]
^"Have Corrupt Officers Taken Over Local Prison?". Local 2 Investigates. KPRC Houston. May 1, 2008 [POSTED: 3:39 pm CDT May 1, 2008. UPDATED: 10:56 am CDT May 2, 2008. Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Thursday, May 1, 2008, on KPRC Local 2 at 10 p.m.] Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved September 28, 2011 – via Click2Houston.com.
^"Local 2 Investigates Charges Of Prison Corruption". Local 2 Investigates. KPRC Houston. May 2, 2008 [POSTED: 2:45 pm CDT May 2, 2008. UPDATED: 1:59 pm CDT May 3, 2008. Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Friday, May 2, 2008, on KPRC Local 2 at 10 p.m.] Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved September 28, 2011 – via Click2Houston.com.
^ ab"Prison On Lockdown After Local 2 Investigation". Local 2 Investigates. KPRC Houston. May 7, 2008 [POSTED: 6:15 pm CDT May 7, 2008. UPDATED: 6:23 pm CDT May 7, 2008. Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, on KPRC Local 2 at 6 p.m.] Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved September 28, 2011 – via Click2Houston.com.
^"Prison Warden Removed Following Local 2 Investigation". Local 2 Investigates. KPRC Houston. May 6, 2008 [POSTED: 3:31 pm CDT May 6, 2008. UPDATED: 6:20 pm CDT May 6, 2008. Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, on KPRC Local 2 at 6 p.m.] Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved September 28, 2011 – via Click2Houston.com.
^"News2 Daybreak - 04:59:04". NBC - 02 KPRC. Houston, TX. May 7, 2008. Around 5:27 and around 6:25. NewsBank1208BE19D7EF3280.
