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Carol Vance Unit
Prison in Fort Bend County, Texas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carol S. Vance Unit (J2, previously the Harlem II Unit and the Jester II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison located in unincorporated central Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit, located in flatlands,[2] is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond.[1] The facility is in proximity to Sugar Land,[3] and it is about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Downtown Houston.[4] The unit, with about 940 acres (380 ha) of land, is co-located with Jester I Unit, Jester III Unit, and Jester IV Unit.[1] The unit consists of four steel buildings and two brick buildings.[5] The prison is the home of the Prison Fellowship Academy (formerly known as the "InnerChange Freedom Initiative")[6] Christian prison program. It is located on the Jester State Prison Farm property.
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Location | 2 Jester Road Richmond, Texas 77406 |
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Coordinates | 29.6227667°N 095.7067667°W / 29.6227667; -095.7067667 |
Status | Operational |
Security class | G1, G2 |
Capacity | 378 |
Opened | 1855 - Brick Building 1933 |
Former name | Harlem II Unit Jester II Unit |
Managed by | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
Warden | Amber Ochoa[1] |
County | Fort Bend County |
Country | USA |
Website | www |
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