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George Beto Unit
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Background
The George Beto Unit (B) is a men's maximum security prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas, US. The unit is located along Farm to Market Road 3328, 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Tennessee Colony. The prison, co-located with Coffield Unit, Michael Unit, and Powledge Unit prisons and the Gurney Unit transfer facility, has 20,518 acres (8,303 ha) of land. The unit currently houses over 3,400 offenders. The unit opened in June 1980. It has the Correctional Institutions Division Region II Maintenance headquarters.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1980
Operational
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Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1980
Region
TX
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Death-row facility
No
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Practical info
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Contact & address
1391 Farm-to-Market Road 3328, Palestine 75880
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Data completeness
34%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5536960)
- Wikipedia
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). George Beto Unit. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/george-beto-unit
Chicago
"George Beto Unit." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/george-beto-unit.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-george-beto-unit,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {George Beto Unit},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/george-beto-unit},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}