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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region I. Capacity ~2,417. Custody levels housed: G1-G5,Security Detention, Transient.
Background
Jim Ferguson Unit (FE) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in unincorporated Madison County, Texas. The 4,355-acre (1,762 ha) prison is located on Farm to Market Road 247, near Midway and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Huntsville.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
2,417
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1962
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1962
Region
TX
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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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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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersCapacity (beds)this: 2417 · peers avg: 547 (+342%)
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 Ferguson
- TDCJ unit directory
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice â unit directory — State of Texas
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5444257)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Ferguson. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/texas-department-of-criminal-justice-jim-ferguson-unit
Chicago
"Ferguson." World Prisons. Accessed July 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/texas-department-of-criminal-justice-jim-ferguson-unit.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-texas-department-of-crimina,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Ferguson},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/texas-department-of-criminal-justice-jim-ferguson-unit},
urldate = {2026-07-23}
}