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arhunt Posted: 08-17-2007 4:06 PM

INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES 

 

Unit Address and Phone Number:

264 FM 3478, Huntsville, Texas 77320-3320 (936) 291-4200  (**032)

Unit Location:

Ten miles north of Huntsville on FM 3478 in Walker County

Senior Warden:

Alfonso Castillo

Regional Director:

Robert Treon, Region I

CI Division Deputy Director:

Rodney Cooper

Date Unit Established or On Line:

June 1984

Total Employees *:

1,016

Security Employees *:

664

Non-Security Employees *:

136

Windham Education Employees *:

30  

Contract Medical and Psychiatric Employees *:

Medical = 177;   Psychiatric = 9

Offender Population and Gender:

 2,986 Male

Maximum Capacity*:

Unit:                 3,085 (Includes Expansion Cells)

SAFP:                 188 (Regional Medical Facility: 136 {Not included in unit capacity})

Custody Levels Housed:

G1 - G5, Administrative Segregation, Safekeeping, Substance Abuse, Geriatric

Medical Facility:  All Levels requiring medical treatment

Approximate Acreage:

5,459

Agricultural Operations:

Ellis and Estelle work in cooperation:  Cotton Gin, Cow/Calf Operation, Egg Laying Operation, Farm Shop, Field Crops, Security Horses/Dogs, Unit Garden, Swine Farrowing, Nursery and Finishing Operations

  Manufacturing and Logistics Operations:

Textile Mill

Facility Operations:

Unit Maintenance

  Additional Operations:

Regional Medical Facility/Geriatric Facility, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Video Conferencing Center, Special Needs Kitchen

Medical Capabilities:

Ambulatory medical, dental and mental health services. Regional Digital Medical Services (DMS) hub for electronic specialty clinics. Infirmary with 66 beds, 50 extended care inpatient beds. Specialty clinics on site are audiology, brace and limb, dialysis, EEG, nephrology, occupational therapy, optometry, opthamology, oral surgery, physical therapy, podiatry, regional radiology, regional laboratory, and respiratory therapy.  Twenty wheelchair-accommodated beds are available in high security. Sixty-bed Type II geriatric facility with limited wheelchair capabilities.  Managed by UTMB.

Special Treatment Programs:

Physically Handicapped Offender Program (PHOP) – vision and hearing; Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility/Intermediate Sanction Facility for special needs male offenders; Serious and Violent Offender Re-entry Initiative (SVORI)

Educational Programs:

Literacy/Reading, Special Education, CHANGES/Pre-Release, Cognitive Intervention, Life Matters, Project RIO
Career and Technology Programs:  Bricklaying, Business Computer Information Systems II, Horticulture, Painting & Decorating  
Lee College Academic / Lee College Vocational: Computer Networking

Additional Programs and Services:

Adult Education Program (upon availability)

Community Work Projects:

None 

Volunteer Programs:

Substance Abuse Education, Life Skills, Support Groups, Religious/Faith Based
Ciao, AH
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