Editing Sugar Land, Texas (section)

===State government===
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] (TDCJ) operates the [[Jester State Prison Farm]] complex ([[Jester I Unit|Jester I]], [[Carol Vance Unit|Vance]], [[Jester III Unit|Jester III]], and [[Jester IV Unit|Jester IV]]) in an [[unincorporated area]] near Sugar Land.<!--Vance is one of the institutions of the Jester farm--><ref>Nowell, Scott. "[http://www.houstonpress.com/2003-09-18/news/doing-time/ Doing Time]" ''[[Houston Press]]''. Thursday September 18, 2003. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.</ref>

The TDCJ operated the [[Central Unit]] in Sugar Land.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/c.htm CENTRAL (C)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725200946/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/c.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]''. Retrieved September 14, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://svrch15.sugarlandtx.gov/website/street_locator/viewer.htm |title=Street/Address Locator |publisher=City of Sugar Land |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609004604/http://svrch15.sugarlandtx.gov/website/street_locator/viewer.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Central Unit was the only state prison within the city limits of Sugar Land.<ref name="HansonHist">Hanson, Eric. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5640750.html Historic prison may be closed]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. March 22, 2008. Retrieved on April 30, 2011.</ref> The Sugar Land Distribution Center, a TDCJ men's correctional supply warehouse, was inside the Central Unit compound.<ref name="SLDC">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-agricul--warehs.htm Sugar Land Distribution Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712211436/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-agricul--warehs.htm |date=2010-07-12 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref> In 2011 the TDCJ announced that the prison was closing and would be vacant by the end of August of that year.<ref>Ward, Mike. "[http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=59098 Texas closing prison as part of cutbacks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401142044/http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=59098 |date=2012-04-01 }}." ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]'' at KDH News. Wednesday August 3, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.</ref> With the prison's closing, Sugar Land became the first Texas city to have its state prison close without a replacement facility.<ref>Maxey, Elsa. "[http://www.fortbendstar.com/?p=7238 Sugar Land Central prison unit to be emptied out by end of August]." ''[[Fort Bend Star]]''. Retrieved on September 30, 2011.</ref>