Stringfellow Unit

The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas,[1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place.

[2] The prison is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521,[3] and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Houston.

[5] In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the Ramsey II Unit housed African-American prisoners over the age of 25.

[6] In 2006, the Ramsey II facility was renamed in honor of Alfred McIntyre "Mac" Stringfellow, a former TDCJ board chairman.

[7] The Stringfellow Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College.

Aerial photograph of the Ramsey Units, January 23, 1995, United States Geological Survey
Topographical map of the Ramsey Units, July 1, 1984, United States Geological Survey