The Beauford H. Jester III Unit (J3) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond.

The unit was named after Governor of Texas Beauford H. Jester, the namesake for the entire prison farm.

The land that Jester III sits on was purchased in 1885 by the state.

[3] In 2011 a middle school, James Bowie Middle School, and a strip commercial center opened across the street from Jester III and Jester IV Unit.