Mark Stiles Unit
Prison in Texas, United States
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Mark W. Stiles Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Texas,[1] near Beaumont. The unit, located along Farm to Market Road 3514, is 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of downtown Beaumont. The approximately 776 acres (314 ha) unit is co-located with the Gist Unit and the LeBlanc Unit.[2]
- 3060 FM 3514
Beaumont, Texas 77705 - 29.9932333°N 094.0503167°W
  Location in Texas | |
| Location |
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|---|---|
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | G1-G5, Security Detention, Safekeeping |
| Capacity | 2,981 |
| Opened | June 1993 |
| Managed by | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
| Warden | Vernet Davis |
| Website | tdcj |
The unit opened in June 1993. The unit serves as the University of Texas Medical Branch hub site for treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases.[2] As a result, the Stiles facility houses many HIV positive prisoners.[3] A hospice for prisoners with HIV opened at Stiles in 1997.[4]
The unit has offered Buddhist meditation classes since 2003.[5]
In 2011 the metal products plant closed; its operations were consolidated to the plants at the Coffield Unit and the Powledge Unit.[6]
In 2023 the unit saw three inmate on inmate homicides. The homicides were part of a trend of rising violence in TDCJ facilities which prompted a statewide lockdown of all facilities. [7]
Notable prisoners
- Elmer Wayne Henley[8]
- John Curtis Dewberry[9]
- James Bergstrom[10]
