The Sanders "Sandy" Estes Unit is a prison in

Venus, Texas Venus is a city in Johnson and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 4,361 in 2020. History The town was originally named "Gossip" until its development in the late 1880s. A man by the name of J.C. Smythe purchased of a ...

. It is owned and operated by the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...

Background

Originally opened in 1989, the Sanders Estes Correctional Center houses minimum and medium security inmates. In January 2009, MTC was awarded a 6-year, 9-month contract to operate the facility.

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Management & Training Corporation Management & Training Corporation or MTC is a contractor that manages private prisons and United States Job Corps centers, based in Centerville, Utah. MTC's core businesses are corrections, education and training, MTC medical, and economic & soci ...

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