The Michael Unit opened in September 1987.[2] Texas officials referred to the facility as "model for the future."[5] Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, described Michael as "one of the meanest lockups" in Texas.[6]
Michael was one of the first prisons to no longer use the "telephone-pole" layout,[7] which has central pickets with dead-end cell blocks extending from them.[8] The telephone-pole layout, while inexpensive to build, is difficult to police without building tenders, convicts paid to police other convicts. Instead Michael uses a modular pod design, which allows for riot control and visual surveillance. Most pods have double-bunk, reinforced concrete cells with security features such as slit windows and bolted-down metal toilets. Some pods have dormitories.[7] Michael was one of several new prisons to have the ability to have many prisoners in extended lockdowns.[3] State officials said that Michael's features allowing for extended lockdowns of prisoners were modeled on the United States Penitentiary, Marion.[7]
^ abRhor, Monica. "Serial killer wrestles with his crimes." Fox News. Sunday June 8, 2008. Retrieved on December 12, 2010. "Henley, who turned 52 in May, sits behind a glass divider in the visiting room at the Michael Unit, a Texas prison set amid cow pastures and sprawling ranches about an hour south of Dallas."
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The Mark W Michael Unit MI is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men s prison located in unincorporated Anderson County Texas 1 The unit is along Farm to Market Road 2054 4 miles 6 4 km south of Tennessee Colony The unit on 20 518 acres 8 303 ha of land is co located with the Beto Coffield and Powledge prison units and the Gurney Transfer Unit 2 The unit is in proximity to Palestine and the Rusk ironworks 3 and it is in about a one hour driving distance from Dallas 4 Mark W Michael UnitLocation2664 FM 2054Tennessee Colony Texas 75886Coordinates31 47 39 N 95 54 12 W 31 7942667 N 095 9034500 W 31 7942667 095 9034500StatusOperationalSecurity classG1 G5 Administrative Segregation Outside Trusty SafekeepingCapacityUnit 2 984 Trusty Camp 321OpenedSeptember 1987Managed byTDCJ Correctional Institutions DivisionWardenVeronica LillyCountyAnderson CountyCountryUnited StatesWebsitewww wbr tdcj wbr state wbr tx wbr us wbr unit wbr directory wbr wbr mi wbr htmlAerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property The Michael Beto Coffield Gurney and Powledge units 1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Michael UnitThe Michael Unit opened in September 1987 2 Texas officials referred to the facility as model for the future 5 Robert Perkinson author of Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire described Michael as one of the meanest lockups in Texas 6 Contents 1 Operations 2 Notable prisoners 3 References 4 External linksOperations editMichael was one of the first prisons to no longer use the telephone pole layout 7 which has central pickets with dead end cell blocks extending from them 8 The telephone pole layout while inexpensive to build is difficult to police without building tenders convicts paid to police other convicts Instead Michael uses a modular pod design which allows for riot control and visual surveillance Most pods have double bunk reinforced concrete cells with security features such as slit windows and bolted down metal toilets Some pods have dormitories 7 Michael was one of several new prisons to have the ability to have many prisoners in extended lockdowns 3 State officials said that Michael s features allowing for extended lockdowns of prisoners were modeled on the United States Penitentiary Marion 7 Notable prisoners editCurrent Inmate Name Register Number Status DetailsShannon Miles 07462349 02150490 Serving a life sentence without parole Perpetrator of the 2015 Murder of Darren Goforth in which Miles killed him at a gas station 9 10 11 Former Michael Morton Exonerated of the crime which he was convicted of He was transferred to Michael after obtaining his master s degree 12 Steven Jay Russell 13 The prisoner is a character in the film I Love You Phillip Morris Elmer Wayne Henley 4 14 References edit 2020 CENSUS CENSUS BLOCK MAP Anderson County TX PDF U S Census Bureau p 17 PDF p 18 41 Retrieved 2022 08 14 Mark W Michael Unit a b Michael Unit Archived 2010 07 25 at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice Retrieved on July 23 2010 a b Perkinson Robert Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire First Edition Metropolitan Books 2010 p 314 ISBN 978 0 8050 8069 8 a b Rhor Monica Serial killer wrestles with his crimes Fox News Sunday June 8 2008 Retrieved on December 12 2010 Henley who turned 52 in May sits behind a glass divider in the visiting room at the Michael Unit a Texas prison set amid cow pastures and sprawling ranches about an hour south of Dallas Perkinson Robert Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire First Edition Metropolitan Books 2010 p 314 315 ISBN 978 0 8050 8069 8 Perkinson Robert Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire First Edition Metropolitan Books 2010 p 28 ISBN 978 0 8050 8069 8 a b c Perkinson Robert Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire First Edition Metropolitan Books 2010 p 315 ISBN 978 0 8050 8069 8 Perkinson Robert Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire First Edition Metropolitan Books 2010 p 44 ISBN 978 0 8050 8069 8 Texas Deputy Slaying Suspect Shannon Miles Charged in Killing of Darren Goforth NBC News 2015 08 30 Retrieved 2024 02 16 Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Texas Deputy At Gas Station CBS Texas www cbsnews com 2017 09 13 Retrieved 2024 02 16 Shannon Miles gets life in prison for murder of Deputy Goforth KPRC 2017 09 13 Retrieved 2024 02 16 Colloff Pamela December 2012 The Innocent Man Part Two Texas Monthly Retrieved 2019 05 12 Day Elizabeth I love you Phillip Morris a conman s story The Observer Sunday September 6 2009 Retrieved on December 10 2010 Henley Elmer Wayne Jr Archive Texas Department of Criminal Justice Retrieved on December 28 2015 External links edit nbsp Texas portal Michael Unit Texas Department of Criminal Justice 31 47 41 N 95 54 11 W 31 79472 N 95 90306 W 31 79472 95 90306 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark W Michael Unit amp oldid 1208043842, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
