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Update on Texas Treatment Prison Beds

Mon, 10/13/2008 - 17:35 — Nicole

Texas is currently undergoing a large prison bed expansion. During 2007, state lawmakers authorized more than 8,500 new beds in the form of treatment prisons. We have written previously that this expansion is a mix of public, private, and not-for-profit beds.

Scott, at Grits for Breakfast, recently posted that while the money is available private vendors are not bidding for the contracts.

We have attempted to provide a list of the treatment prison beds that are currently online in the table below. Note that of the 8,500 beds which were appropriated money in 2007, only 4,102 have been filled.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Diversion Beds/Slots
As of October 3, 2008
Facility Name Facility Type For Profit/Not for Profit Vendor # of Beds
El Paso (South) Halfway House For Profit Avalon/SCS 200
East Texas (Henderson) Intermediate Sanction Facility (ISF) For Profit MTC 224
North Texas (Ft. Worth) ISF For Profit GEO 24
West Texas (Brownfield) ISF For Profit MTC 25
Estelle (Huntsville) Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility (SAFPF) Not For Profit Gateway 24
East Texas (Henderson) SAFPF For Profit MTC 588
Henley (Dayton) SAFPF Not for Profit Cenikor 64
Henley (Dayton) In-Prison Therapeutic Community (IPTC) Not for Profit Cenikor 128
Havins (Brownwood) IPTC Not for Profit Gateway 576
Ney (Hondo) IPTC Not for Profit Gateway 296
East Texas (Henderson) DWI For Profit MTC 500
Dominguez (San Antonio) State Jail Substance Abuse (State Jail) For Profit Turning Point 174
Gist (Beaumont) State Jail For Profit Turning Point 116
Hutchins (Dallas) State Jail For Profit Turning Point 232
Lychner (Humble) State Jail For Profit Turning Point 396

Plane (Dayton)

State Jail For Profit Turning Point 174
Travis County (Austin) State Jail For Profit Turning Point 108
Abode Treatment (White Settlement) Transitional Treatment Center (TTC) For Profit Abode 72
Centex Alcohol Rehabiliatin Center, Inc. (Temple) TTC Not for Profit Centex 15
Cheyenne Center (Houston) TTC For Profit Cheyenne 76
Gateway Foundation (Dallas) TTC Not for Profit Gateway 8
Land Manor, Inc. (Beaumont) TTC For Profit Land Manor 18
Liberty Lodge (Alice) TTC For Profit Liberty Lodge 23
Lubbock Regional MHMR Center (Lubbock) TTC Public Lubbock MHMR 20
Reality Ranch (Corpus Christi) TTC For Profit Reality Ranch 5
Spindletop MHMR Services (Beaumont) TTC Public Spindletop 7
Volunteers of America (Houston) TTC Not for Profit VOA 9
Total Beds

4,102