A jailer has been arrested following an investigation into a “compromised employee” at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony.

The H. H. Coffield Unit prison near Tennessee Colony is made up of squat redbrick buildings. During the day, the sun beats down on the walls, and the bricks drink in the heat. At night ...

On Sept. 5, an inmate at the Coffield Unit stabbed a correctional officer in a high security unit. TDCJ officers responded to this incident with excessive force and prison system spokesperson ...

In Ellen French House's victim impact statement, she told Chemirmir, who was wearing a striped jail uniform ... He was imprisoned at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, located about 100 ...

Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony ... a PBS NewsHour special report When Hayley Barna was incarcerated in a Texas prison in 2020, the scorching summer temperatures caused a migraine that she ...

The reason: There weren’t enough guards at the H.H. Coffield Unit to watch him ... advocates and a former guard claim the prison system isn’t following through on those promises.

5, an inmate at the Coffield Unit — two hours southeast of Dallas — stabbed a guard. The yet-unnamed inmate was housed in one of the most secure wings. In responding with force, prison guards ...