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W. J. "Jim" Estelle Unit〔"(Estelle Unit )." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on September 29, 2011.〕 (E2, originally the Ellis II Unit) is a prison located on Farm to Market Road 3478 in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, United States, north of central Huntsville. The prison, with about of space, is operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The unit, which opened in June 1984, was named after Ward James "Jim" Estelle, a former prison director of Texas.〔"(1995 Annual Report )." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.〕 The Estelle Unit has a geriatric facility, a program for physically handicapped inmates, a program for substance abuse, a high security unit, and a regional medical facility.〔de la Luz Martínez, María. "(Taking a hard look at prisons )." ''Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs''. Northern Hemisphere Spring of 2006. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.〕 The Estelle High Security Unit, the high security unit, is a supermax facility.〔Ward, Mike. "(Hunt is on for escaped killer )." ''Austin American-Statesman''. June 29, 1999. A1. Retrieved on November 27, 2010. "Clifford Dwayne Jones' escape from the Estelle High-Security Unit on Sunday afternoon was the first from a Texas prison this year and the first from the "super max" lockup, as the unit is called."〕 ==History== The unit opened in 1984.〔 The Estelle High Security Unit was designed in response to an increase in prison violence in the Texas prison system.〔McVicker, Steve. "Unnecessary Roughness." ''Houston Press''. Thursday October 12, 2000. (1 ). Retrieved on October 2, 2010.〕 Around 1991 TDCJ planned to build a separate facility for elderly inmates.〔"(BC-TX--WEEKENDTOPIC:ELDE Texas prison programs address special needs of elderly inmates )." ''Associated Press'' at the ''San Antonio Express-News''. August 16, 1991. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.〕 In 1995 the unit received its current name.〔''Texas Department of Criminal Justice''. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. (74 ). ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.〕 In 1999, a prisoner named Clifford Dwayne Jones escaped by slipping one of his hands out of a pair of handcuffs and then scaling several walls. The inmate left behind his clothes and shoes, possibly to foil tracking dogs.〔 The inmate was captured about 48 hours after his escape.〔 Jones's escape was the first escape from the high security unit.〔 In May 1999 Mark Knox, an inmate, sexually harassed a nurse. In retaliation several prison guards beat Knox. Knox filed a $600,000 federal lawsuit against four guards, the nurse, and several other TDCJ employees, saying that his civil rights were violated.〔McVicker, Steve. "Unnecessary Roughness." ''Houston Press''. Thursday October 12, 2000. (2 ). Retrieved on October 2, 2010.〕 The State of Texas filed assault charges against Knox.〔 Since the incident occurred, three of the prison guards stopped working in the TDCJ. Of the three who left, one resigned to work in the Mexia, Texas police department, one resigned under investigation, and one resigned after TDCJ officials recommended his termination. One guard continued working for the TDCJ.〔McVicker, Steve. "Unnecessary Roughness." ''Houston Press''. Thursday October 12, 2000. (3 ). Retrieved on October 2, 2010.〕 Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the federal lawsuit against the guards, nurse, and TDCJ officials. The jurors decided that the plaintiffs were innocent of the federal charges.〔McVicker, Steve. "Hard Knox." ''Houston Press''. Thursday February 8, 2001. (1 ). Retrieved on October 2, 2010.〕 On May 12, 2010 Thord "Catfish" Dockray, a prisoner with a history of mental illness, threw urine on prison guards. Guards ordered him to exit his cell, but he refused. The guards released chemicals to try to subdue Dockray, but he continued his assault. After Dockray was subdued, medics attended to Dockray, who refused medical care. On May 13 the prisoner was found face down in his cell. The prisoner was taken to Huntsville Memorial Hospital, where he died.〔O'Hare, Peggy. "(TDCJ inmate dead after fight with officers )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 20, 2010. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.〕 As of 2010 a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics stated that the percentage of prisoners who were sexually abused within the preceding year was 15.7% at Estelle.〔Kaiser, David and Lovisa Stannow. "(The Way to Stop Prison Rape )." ''The New York Review of Books''. February 25, 2010. Retrieved on October 26, 2012.〕 The BJS surveyed inmates in hundreds of state and federal prisons and county jails. Nationwide, the rate of inmates reporting sexual victimization within a prior 12-month period was 4.5 percent. The Estelle rate was the highest in the U.S.〔Simons, Meredith and Robert Gavin. "(Texas leads nation in prison sex abuse )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Monday April 5, 2010. Retrieved on October 26, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W.J. Estelle Unit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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