Willacy County State Jail

Coordinates: 26°28′01″N 97°46′03″W / 26.467076°N 97.767420°W

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Willacy County State Jail

Location	1695 South Buffalo Drive Raymondville, Texas
Status	Operational
Capacity	1,069
Opened	1996
Managed by	MTC^[1]

The Willacy County State Jail is a privately owned medium-security prison for men located in Raymondville, Willacy County, Texas, operated by Management and Training Corporation under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.^[1]^[2] It has an official capacity of 1,069 inmates.^[2]

This facility is adjacent to two other private prison sites: the Willacy County Correctional Center, closed in 2015, and the Willacy County Regional Detention Center, both operated by MTC for the federal government.^[3]

This facility was first opened by Wackenhut, now GEO Group, in 1996. On April 26, 2001 inmate Gregorio De La Rosa, Jr. was beaten to death by other prisoners. This incident caused a $42.5 million civil settlement against Wackenhut.^[4]

Notable Inmates

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
Mark Howerton	50644897 / 02457695	Serving a 20-year sentence. Eligible for parole in 2033.	Convicted of aggravated assault for the 2017 death of Cayley Mandadi.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Willacy County State Jail". Management and Training Corporation. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
^ ^a ^b "Willacy County (WI)". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ Tyx, Daniel Blue (26 March 2015). "Goodbye to Tent City". Texas Observer. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
^ "Appeals Court upholds $42.5 million wrongful death suit against Wackenhut". Raymondville Chronicle / Willacy County News. 8 Apr 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
^ Sant, Peter Van (2024-01-21). "Cayley Mandadi death: Accident or homicide? Debate lingers over cause of Texas cheerleader's fatal injuries - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ Zavala, Elizabeth. "Howerton draws maximum 20-year term in death of Trinity student Cayley Mandadi". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

26°28′01″N 97°46′03″W / 26.467076°N 97.767420°W / 26.467076; -97.767420

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Prison units

Region I	Byrd Ellis Estelle (formerly Ellis II) Ferguson Goree Huntsville Lewis Polunsky (formerly Terrell) Wainwright (formerly Eastham) Wynne
Region II	Beto Boyd Coffield Hodge Michael Powledge Telford
Region III	Clemens Hightower Jester III Memorial (formerly Darrington) Ramsey Stiles Stringfellow Terrell (formerly Ramsey III) 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 Retrieve (later Wayne Scott)

State jail units

Region II	Cole Hutchins
Region III	Gist Henley♀ Kegans Lychner Plane♀
Region IV	Dominguez Lopez Ney Sanchez
Region V	Formby Wheeler
Region VI	Travis County Woodman♀
Private	Bartlett (closed 2017) Bradshaw (closed 2020) Dawson♂♀ (closed 2013) Lindsey Willacy County

Transfer units

Region I	Goodman Gurney Holliday
Region II	C. Moore
Region IV	Cotulla Fort Stockton Garza East (closed 2020) Garza West
Region V	Tulia Ware
Region VI	Marlin Middleton San Saba

Psychiatric units

Region III	Wayne Scott (formerly Jester IV)

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

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