Estes Unit

Sanders Estes Unit (VS)
Location	1100 Highway 1807 Venus, Texas 76084
Coordinates	32°24′27″N 97°05′44″W / 32.407411°N 97.095648°W / 32.407411; -97.095648Coordinates: 32°24′27″N 97°05′44″W / 32.407411°N 97.095648°W / 32.407411; -97.095648
Status	Operational
Capacity	1,040
Opened	1989
Managed by	Management & Training Corporation
Warden	Stephen McAdams(2010-2013) Randy Treon (2013-Present)

The Sanders "Sandy" Estes Unit is a privately operated prison in Venus, Texas. It is owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and operated by the Management & Training Corporation.

Background

Originally opened in 1989, the Sanders Estes Correctional Center houses minimum and medium security inmates. Inmates’ intensive program service needs are addressed. The facility offers a wide range of programmatic opportunities to better prepare offenders for re-entry into society. In January 2009, MTC was awarded a 6-year, 9-month contract to operate the facility.

Community Service

The Sanders Estes Unit assists local communities by providing offender crews for city, county and state work projects. The facility donates about 1200 hours of inmate community service each month.

Sanders Estes also partners with a local animal shelter to provide offenders with an opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation of abused and neglected dogs. The program runs ten weeks and focuses on animal rehabilitation through companionship, nutrition, daily exercise routines and obedience training. Upon successful completion of the program, the animals are placed with a suitable family.

Accreditation

•American Correctional Association (ACA) accreditation
•Correctional Education Association (CEA) accreditation

Rehabilitation Programs

•Orientation
•Project RIO
•Education and Testing

Education

•ABE
•Pre-GED
•GED

Career and Technical

•Culinary Arts
•Building Trades
•Electrical Trade
•Life Skills
•CHANGES

Work and Training

•Hill College sponsored Janitorial Maintenance

References

External links

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division prison units

Region I	Byrd Eastham Ellis Estelle Ferguson Goree Huntsville Lewis Polunsky Wynne

Region II	Beto Boyd Coffield Michael Powledge Telford

Region III	Clemens Darrington Hightower Jester III Ramsey Scott Stiles Stringfellow Terrell 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

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

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