United States · Texas · Beaumont
Stiles Unit
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Stiles Unit is a state prison located in Jefferson County, Texas. Rated capacity: 2,981. Reported population: 2,590. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
2,981
Current population
2,590
Occupancy
87%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Texas Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Texas
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
The Stiles Unit implemented mailroom restrictions in late January, nearly a year prior to the report, which inmates circumvented by pretending mail was from lawyers.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
Officials locked down the entire prison to search for contraband after random drug tests came up positive and inmates found new ways around the system.
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 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
Reports
- marshall-project29 Mar 2021
ners have come up positive in random drug tests. He said people have found new ways around the system, like by pretending mail is from lawyers, blocking prison inspection. At the Stiles Unit in Beaumont, officials locked down the whole prison to search for contraband in late January, nearly a year after the mailroom restrictions took effect. The searches turned up what prosecutors described as an
Data completeness
82%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
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Stiles Unit. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stiles-unit
"Stiles Unit." World Prisons. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stiles-unit.
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title = {Stiles Unit},
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