United States · TX · Tennessee Colony
Michael
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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region II. Capacity ~3,305. Custody levels housed: G1-G5, Security Detention, Safekeeping.
Capacity
3,305
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1987
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1987
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
The Marshall Project reported on the Mark W. Michael Unit in east Texas, describing it as part of the prison-industrial complex and noting that inmates in Administrative Segregation throw feces at guards.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project4 Mar 2016
the grossest corner of the prison-industrial complex. This article was published in collaboration with Vice . Upon entering Administrative Segregation — a.k.a. solitary — at Mark W. Michael Unit, a prison in east Texas, I was escorted down a long hallway. I saw a small infirmary, a smaller visitation booth, and a kitchen. Then we turned down a corridor and headed toward my block. Life Inside
Data completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- TDCJ unit page â Michael
- TDCJ unit directory
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice â unit directory — State of Texas
- Wikidata (Q6770167)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Michael. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/michael
"Michael." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/michael.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Michael},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/michael},
urldate = {2026-10-24}
}