Mark Stiles Unit

Mark W. Stiles Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Texas,^[1] near Beaumont. The unit, located along Farm to Market Road 3514, is 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of downtown Beaumont. The approximately 776 acres (314 ha) unit is co-located with the Gist Unit and the LeBlanc Unit.^[2]

Mark W. Stiles Unit

Location in Texas
Location	3060 FM 3514 Beaumont, Texas 77705
Coordinates	29.9932333°N 094.0503167°W / 29.9932333; -094.0503167
Status	Operational
Security class	List of security classification of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Capacity	2,981
Opened	June 1993
Managed by	TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden	Calvin Tucker
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States
Website	tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/st.html

The unit opened in June 1993. The unit serves as the University of Texas Medical Branch hub site for treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases.^[2] As a result, the Stiles facility houses many HIV positive prisoners.^[3] A hospice for prisoners with HIV opened at Stiles in 1997.^[4]

The unit has offered Buddhist meditation classes since 2003.^[5]

In 2011 the metal products plant closed; its operations were consolidated to the plants at the Coffield Unit and the Powledge Unit.^[6]

Notable prisoners

• Elmer Wayne Henley^[7]
• John Curtis Dewberry^[8]
• Danish Minhas^[9]