United States · TX · Abilene
Robertson
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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region V. Capacity ~2,978. Custody levels housed: G1-G5, Security Detention, Transient.
Background
The French M. Robertson Unit is a maximum-security state prison located on Farm to Market Road 3522 in Abilene, Texas, United States, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Downtown Abilene in Jones County. The prison for males, classified as a "prison," is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within Region VI. The Robertson Unit has space for 1,244 inmates in General Population, plus a large Restricted Housing facility. The Unit has a large garment manufacturing facility, which makes garments for several other State and local corrections facilities. Also notable, is the Robertson Unit's kennel of tracking dogs, and horses for mounted operations. The unit is named after French M. Robertson, a lawyer and oil businessman from Abilene, Texas.
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Capacity
2,978
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1992
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1992
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
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Compared to other facilities in United States
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Sources
- TDCJ unit page â Robertson
- TDCJ unit directory
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice â unit directory — State of Texas
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5501838)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Robertson. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/french-m-robertson-unit
"Robertson." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/french-m-robertson-unit.
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