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Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Coffield, Beto, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units)
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Topographic map of the Coffield State Prison Farm, July 1, 1977, U.S. Geological Survey

The H. H. Coffield Unit (CO) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas.[1] The prison, near Tennessee Colony, is along Farm to Market Road 2054. The unit, on a Шаблон:Convert plot of land, is co-located with Beto, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units.[2] With a capacity of 4,139 inmates, Coffield is the TDCJ's largest prison.[3] Coffield opened in June 1965.[2]

In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Coffield and Powledge Unit.[4]

Coffield has employee housing.[5]

In early 2019 Gateway Church opened its first prison campus inside Coffield.[6]

Notable Inmates

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Joshua Luke Bagwell 05759612 / 00815991 Serving a life sentence. Eligible for parole in 2036. One of three perpetrators of the 1996 rape and Murder of Heather Rich.[7] The case experienced renewed attention after Bagwell and a few other inmates escaped custody in 2002, and later captured.[8][9]

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  2. 2,0 2,1 "Coffield Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
  3. Williams, Vergil L. Dictionary of American Penology. Second Edition. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. 219. Retrieved from Google Books on August 23, 2010. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
  4. Ward, Mike. "Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession Шаблон:Webarchive." Austin American-Statesman. Sunday September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  5. Quan, Doris. "Man who escaped E. Texas prison through ventilation shaft is caught." The Dallas Morning News. July 8, 1993. Retrieved on August 27, 2010. "Prison officials believe that Mr Smith made his way to the roof at the Coffield Unit and ended up near the employee housing area about 1 am Wednesday"
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