It is a part of the Jester State Prison Farm property and it is located on U.S. Highway 90A.

[1] The facility features wide hallways, skylights, and floor-to-ceiling windows.

After the closure of the nearby Central Unit in 2011, John Whitmire, the chairperson of the criminal justice committee of the Texas Senate, said that the decision to open Jester IV was a decision that "I think we'll regret.

[2][5] Marc Bookman of Mother Jones said in 2013 that "by all accounts Jester IV is a quieter place" compared to Polunsky.

[8] As of March 2013 a prisoner typically comes from his regularly assigned unit to Jester IV for several days of psychiatric treatment.