Stringfellow Unit News Today

Calls To Service (April 15, 2024, to April 21, 2024): The Newton County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) answered 53 calls to service.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and One Voice United National Medal of Honor are proud to announce the selection of Major Micah Sims from the A.M. Stringfellow Unit

Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, who escaped in Brazoria County, has been found, officials say.

Deputies are searching for an inmate who escaped the Stringfellow Unit in Rosharon Tuesday morning, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office.

Calvin Lee Patterson, an inmate who escaped from the Stringfellow Unit, has been captured, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, 23, was taken into custody by TDCJ staff around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, approximately 2.5 miles from the Stringfellow Unit.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, who escaped in Brazoria County, has been found, officials say.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate Calvin Lee Patterson, 23, was taken into custody by TDCJ staff around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, approximately 2.5 miles from the Stringfellow Unit.

Hungry, cold and victims of inhumanity behind Texas prison walls By Gloria Rubac posted on February 22, 2021 Houston On an average day in Texas, prisons are hellholes run by racist officials and a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison board that won’t request the legislature allocate money for proper maintenance. Every weather emergency in the state, from hurricanes to flooding to subfreezing weather, has proven time and again that prisons are not fit for human beings. Snow-covered fi...

Social distancing and other contagion protocols are difficult behind bars, but an investigation by WFAA and The Marshall Project showed that the spread of COVID-19 behind bars was also due to the Texas Department of Criminal Justices lackluster response, potentially exacerbating outbreaks and putting surrounding communities at risk. The agencys website lists the prisoners who have died from the virus. Below is a list of those people, including Campos.  Among the list are four people who offici...