Lucile Plane State Jail

Lucile Plane State Jail is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for women located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas.^[1] It is located on Texas State Highway 321, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dayton. The facility, on an approximately 394-acre (159 ha) plot of land, is co-located with the Hightower Prison Unit and the Henley State Jail.^[2] Plane is designed to hold 2,144 prisoners.^[3] Plane, the first women's state jail to be opened in Texas, was dedicated in June 1995.^[3]

Conditions

Plane State Jail is one of the many Texas State jails under scrutiny for inhumane care and deficient medical support for prison population.^[4] Federal Judge has ordered TDCJ to install air conditioning. TDCJ has been slow to comply.^[5]

Notable prisoners

• Laura Hall, perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Cave^[6]
• Lisa Warzeka, one perpetrator of the 1999 Kingwood robbery incidents^[7]
• Alexandria Vera, Texas teacher, 24, who had sex repeatedly with her 13-year-old student and got pregnant with his child currently serving 10 years.^[8]
• Stephanie Raleen Forbes, Texas Teacher convicted of having an improper relationship with a student and sexual assault of a child.^[9]
• Jessica Vega, known as the bride who faked cancer in New York, or the cancer bride, in 2009. Convicted in 2023 of attempted kidnapping of a child.
• Zephaniah Renee “Zephi” Trevino, one of three people charged in connection with a 2019 robbery that led to the fatal shooting of Carlos Murillo
• Kaitlin Armstrong, 36, yoga teacher convicted of murdering rising cycling star Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, 25, over a friendship with her then boyfriend and professional cyclist Colin Strickland. The case caught national attention after Armstrong fled to Costa Rica beneath a stolen identify and underwent plastic surgery to conceal her appearance. She is currently serving 90 years.^[10]