United States · TX · Livingston
Polunsky
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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region I. Capacity ~2,984. Custody levels housed: G1-G5, Death Row, Security Detention, Mental Health.
Background
Allan B. Polunsky Unit (TL, formerly the Terrell Unit) is a prison in West Livingston, unincorporated Polk County, Texas, United States, located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Livingston along Farm to Market Road 350. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the facility. The unit houses the State of Texas death row for men, and it has a maximum capacity of 2,900. Livingston Municipal Airport is located on the other side of FM 350. Polunsky was named after Allan B. Polunsky, a former chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and former chairman of the Public Safety Commission, the governing board of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Capacity
2,984
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1993
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Population held
male
Opened
1993
Region
TX
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersData completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- TDCJ unit page — Polunsky
- TDCJ unit directory
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice — unit directory — State of Texas
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.