United States · TX · Brazoria
Clemens
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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region III. Capacity ~1,215. Custody levels housed: G1-G4, Security Detention, Outside Trusty, Youthful Offenders.
Background
Clemens Unit (CN) is a prison farm of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, in Greater Houston. The prison, with about 8,008 acres (3,241 ha), is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2004 and Texas State Highway 36. The prison, in the Texas Gulf Coast region, is in proximity to the City of Brazoria, and it is in proximity to the Velasco community, now a part of Freeport. The prison is situated south of Houston.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,215
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1893
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1893
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
7436 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 â Clemens
- TDCJ unit directory
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice â unit directory — State of Texas
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5131271)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Clemens. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/clemens-unit
"Clemens." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/clemens-unit.
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