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Linda Woodman Unit
Location in Texas
Location	1210 Coryell City Road, Gatesville, Texas 76528
Coordinates	31°27′36″N 97°43′48″W / 31.459922°N 97.729905°W / 31.459922; -97.729905
Status	Operational
Security class	J1, J2, J4, Segregation G1, G2, Transient
Capacity	900
Opened	June 1997
Managed by	TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden	Patricia Walker
County	Coryell, County
Country	United States
Website	Official website

The Linda Woodman State Jail is a state jail operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The prison is named after Linda Woodman who served as warden of the Gatesville Unit and a survivor of the 1974 Huntsville Prison siege.

History

The unit opened in June 1997 and serves as the processing center for females who have entered the TDCJ prison system from local county jails after conviction. The unit also serves screening and assessment for those with substance abuse.

External links

Official Website

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Prison units

Region I	Byrd Ellis Estelle (formerly Ellis II) Ferguson Goree Huntsville Lewis Polunsky (formerly Terrell) Wainwright (formerly Eastham) Wynne
Region II	Beto Boyd Coffield Hodge Michael Powledge Telford
Region III	Clemens Hightower Jester III Memorial (formerly Darrington) Ramsey Stiles Stringfellow Terrell (formerly Ramsey III) Vance
Region IV	Briscoe Connally Lynaugh McConnell Stevenson Torres
Region V	Allred Clements Dalhart Daniel Jordan Neal Roach Rudd Smith Wallace
Region VI	Crain♀ Hilltop♀ Hobby♀ Hughes Luther Mountain View♀ Murray♀ Pack Robertson
Private	Bridgeport Cleveland Diboll Estes Kyle Lockhart♀ B. Moore
Former units	Central Retrieve (later Wayne Scott)

State jail units

Region II	Cole Hutchins
Region III	Gist Henley♀ Kegans Lychner Plane♀
Region IV	Dominguez Lopez Ney Sanchez
Region V	Formby Wheeler
Region VI	Travis County Woodman♀
Private	Bartlett (closed 2017) Bradshaw (closed 2020) Dawson♂♀ (closed 2013) Lindsey Willacy County

Transfer units

Region I	Goodman Gurney Holliday
Region II	C. Moore
Region IV	Cotulla Fort Stockton Garza East (closed 2020) Garza West
Region V	Tulia Ware
Region VI	Marlin Middleton San Saba

Psychiatric units

Region III	Wayne Scott (formerly Jester IV)

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female-only) or ♂♀ (cogender)

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