Texas Department of Criminal Justice Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, TX. Amid budget cuts ... the road from a growing regional airport is one of the oldest prisons in Texas, its stark white ...

SUGAR LAND — A massive brick building that once housed generations of Texas convicts who toiled ... and masonry structures. The Central Prison Farm was one of those buildings.

Central Prison Unit is tucked ... it was in operation, it was one of the oldest prisons in Texas,” explained Doug Adolf, the communications director for Sugar Land. Among its historical talking ...

For the first time, Texas is closing a state prison. Take a look inside the historic Central Unit in Sugar Land as workers prepare it for shuttering. For the first time, Texas is closing a state ...

Fort Bend County Historical Commission and Fort Bend ISD are hosting a dedication of the historical marker on Juneteenth.

The tract, which sits adjacent to the Sugar Land Regional Airport northwest of the intersection of Texas 6 and U.S. 90A, is occupied by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Central Prison Unit.

SUGAR LAND - An old prison building vacated nearly 40 years ago will be turned into a satellite facility for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The Central State Farm prison, closed in 1969 ...

In one corner of the plot, Taylor L. Odom's gravestone includes his prison number ... Moore sees Sugar Land as central to a much bigger story about race in Texas - one he thinks many are hesitant ...

Texas would become one of the biggest cotton ... Five years ago, the TDCJ closed its first prison in more than a century, the Central Unit, in Sugar Land. The Jester Unit may be next; thanks ...

One of the world ... The discovery of the Sugar Land 95 has national significance, said Robert Perkinson, the author of “Texas Tough: The Rise of a Prison Empire.” The area’s use of ...

Central Prison Unit is tucked ... it was in operation, it was one of the oldest prisons in Texas,” explained Doug Adolf, the communications director for Sugar Land. Among its historical talking ...