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Allred
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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region V. Capacity ~4,438. Custody levels housed: G1-G5, Safekeeping, Security Detention.
Background
The James V. Allred Unit is a prison for males located on Farm to Market Road 369 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of downtown Wichita Falls. The prison is near Iowa Park. The prison, with about 320 acres (130 ha) of land, is a part of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region V. It opened in June 1995 and is one of the largest maximum security units in Texas housing approximately 4,438 offenders. It consists of four departments, General Population, Administrative segregation and one of the first "Expansion cell blocks" (High Security) to be built housing some level ones Seg overflow and close custody offenders. It also contains one of Texas's "Safe Keeping Units", which are designed to house prisoners that would be in danger from other inmates.
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Capacity
4,438
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1995
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1995
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.
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Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in United States
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Sources
- TDCJ unit page â Allred
- TDCJ unit directory
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice â unit directory — State of Texas
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6144540)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Allred. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/james-v-allred-unit
"Allred." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/james-v-allred-unit.
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