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Gainesville State Juvenile Correctional Facility

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Background

The Gainesville State Juvenile Correctional Facility, formerly Gainesville State School, is a juvenile correctional facility of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in unincorporated Cooke County, Texas, near Gainesville. The fenced, maximum security state school is located on a 160-acre (65 ha) tract east of Gainesville, 75 miles (121 km) north of Dallas, along Farm to Market Road 678 and near Interstate 35. Gainesville is a maximum security facility and is fenced. As of 2012 it is the largest juvenile correctional facility in Texas. As of 2012 it houses 270 teenagers.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1916

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1916

Region

Cooke County

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

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Contact & address

1379 FM 678, Gainesville, Texas 76240 76240

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Gainesville State Juvenile Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gainesville-state-juvenile-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-24}
}