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Eastham Unit

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Background

The J. Dale Wainwright Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men, located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas. Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the J. Dale Wainwright Unit after a former chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. The 12,789 acres (5,176 ha) prison is located on Farm to Market Road 230, near Lovelady and 13 miles (21 km) west of Trinity. Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, said that while the TDCJ and other agencies operate many types of prisons and jails in Texas, "if any unit stands for the rest," it would be Eastham.

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Region

TX

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2665 Prison Road 1, Lovelady 75851
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World Prisons. (2026). Eastham Unit. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eastham-unit
Chicago
"Eastham Unit." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eastham-unit.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-eastham-unit,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Eastham Unit},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eastham-unit},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}