United States · Texas · Dayton
L.V. Hightower Unit
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L.V. Hightower Unit is a state prison located in Liberty County, Texas. Rated capacity: 1,384. Reported population: 1,317. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The L. V. Hightower Unit (HI) or Hightower Unit is a prison in Texas, United States, within the Texas Department of Corrections system. It is located in unincorporated Liberty County, near Dayton, Texas. It is named for Lockhart V. Hightower, former sheriff and county clerk of Liberty County.
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Capacity
1,384
Current population
1,317
Occupancy
95%
Year opened
1990
Closed 2013
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Texas Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1990
Region
Texas
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
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 peersData 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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6456321)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). L.V. Hightower Unit. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/l-v-hightower-unit
"L.V. Hightower Unit." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/l-v-hightower-unit.
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