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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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O.L. Luther Unit

The O.L. Luther Unit is a state prison for men located in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, owned and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. This facility was opened in July 1982, and has a maximum capacity of 1316: 1102 in the unit itself, and another 214 in the trusty camp.

Luther is co-located with the state's Wallace Pack Unit, with its own population of about 1500 prisoners. Prisoners of both facilities cooperate in an extensive agricultural operation on 11,000 acres, including horses, a cow/calf operation, grain processing and storage, and a buffalo ranch.

Incidents

The facility has had a difficult history. In October 2001 inmate Nathan Essary was sexually abused by a corrections officer, sued, and discovered other inmate victims of the same officer. Their official complaints had been ignored. Essary collected "substantial" money damages in a civil case, as well as a payment from the state and the officer's beach house. In 2011, within a six-month period, two Luther guards were caught, fired, arrested, and charged with felonies related to bribery and smuggling.

References

  1. ^ "O.L. Luther Unit". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Man raped by prison guard receives money damages in aclu lawsuit". ACLU press release. 2 December 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. ^ Crowe, Robert (3 December 2004). "Inmate awarded guard's beach house". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ^ Smith, Rosemary (5 October 2011). "Second local TDCJ worker arrested for bribery and prohibited item". Navasota Examiner. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

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