James Allred Prison

USA / Texas / Iowa Park / FM 369 North, 2101
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James V. Allred Unit

Allred Unit opened in the summer of 1995 and is one of the largest maximum security units in Texas housing approximately 3600 offenders. Its consists of three departments, General population, Administrative segregation and one of the first "Expansion cell blocks" (High Security) to be built housing some level ones Seg overflow and close custody offenders.
There has been only one actual escape from the unit by an offender working in the laundry who hid in a laundry cart that was loaded onto a van for return to the State Hospital, but the offender was apprehended within a couple of hours.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allred_Unit
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Coordinates:   33°58'28"N   98°35'45"W
This article was last modified 5 years ago