United States · Texas · Gatesville
Hilltop Unit
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Hilltop Unit is a state prison located in Coryell County, Texas. Rated capacity: 553. Reported population: 448. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
553
Current population
448
Occupancy
81%
Year opened
1981
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Texas Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
female
Opened
1981
Region
Texas
Security level
Medium
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
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project30 Apr 2020
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Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice â unit directory — State of Texas
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Hilltop Unit. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hilltop-unit
"Hilltop Unit." World Prisons. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hilltop-unit.
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title = {Hilltop Unit},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-10-25}
}