Mark W. Stiles Unit is a

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men's prison located in an

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of Jefferson County, Texas, near Beaumont. The unit, located along Farm to Market Road 3514, is southeast of downtown Beaumont. The approximately unit is co-located with the Gist Unit and the LeBlanc Unit.Stiles Unit
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. Retrieved on July 20, 2010. The unit opened in June 1993. The unit serves as the

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hub site for treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases. As a result, the Stiles facility houses many HIV positive prisoners. A

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for prisoners with HIV opened at Stiles in 1997. The unit has offered Buddhist meditation classes since 2003. In 2011 the metal products plant closed; its operations were consolidated to the plants at the

Coffield Unit The H. H. Coffield Unit (CO) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The prison, near Tennessee Colony, is along Farm to Market Road 2054. The unit, on a plot of land, is co-located ...

and the Powledge Unit.

Notable prisoners

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* John Curtis Dewberry * Danish Minhas

References

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* Rodriguez, Brenda.
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''. September 14, 1997. 14A. Prisons in Jefferson County, Texas Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Texas 1993 establishments in Texas {{prison-stub