The Louie C. Powledge Unit (B2, originally the Beto II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas.
The facility is located off of Farm to Market Road 645, 7 miles (11 km) west of Palestine.
[3] It was originally named after former Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) head George Beto.
Construction of a 200-person trusty camp facility began in 1987 and ended in January 1989.
In October 1988 the bus repair facility was converted into a manufacturer of dump beds and spreader boxes for the Highway Department dump trucks and of jail steel products for the construction of additional TDCJ units.