The Retrieve Unit (TDCJ code: RV), later the Wayne Scott Unit,Isensee, Bridie. "TDCJ makes overtime changes." Brazosport Facts. Wednesday August 13, 2003. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas."Scott Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "6999 Retrieve, Angleton, Texas 77515" The unit, southwest of Houston,Ward, Mike. "Driving tour shows times have changed at suburban Houston prisons." Austin American-Statesman. Saturday April 24, 2010. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. was along County Road 290, south of Angleton. Scott, which was established in September 1919, had about of land.
History The prison was formerly known as the Retrieve Unit.Armintor, Carlos. "‘Meanest man in Texas’ was guest of Brazoria." Brazosport Facts. Monday September 8, 2003. Updated Wednesday April 7, 2010. Retrieved on July 16, 2010. The prison opened on the grounds of the former Retrieve Plantation, which opened in 1839."Retrieve Plantation." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 16, 2010. The final main building opened in the 1930s.
In 1935 Retrieve housed White prisoners.Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System. University of Texas Press, 2009. 81. Retrieved from Google Books on July 16, 2010. , . In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed second offenders, habitual criminals, and African Americans over the age of 25.Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System. University of Texas Press, 2009. 82. Retrieved from Google Books on July 16, 2010. , . A post office in the nearby community of Snipe served the prison farm from 1921 to 1949."Snipe, Texas." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.
The prison received its final name, Wayne Scott Unit, on February 1, 2002, after a former TDCJ executive director. - Linked from here
In September 2018, some 45 boxes of unclaimed bananas were donated to the Scott Unit. and the boxes were found to contain 540 packages of cocaine, which at the time held a street value of US$17,820,000.
In 2020 307 people worked at Wayne Scott. The main prison unit was scheduled to end operations by late 2020. According to Bryan Collier, the executive director of the prison agency, the cost to revamp the main building would exceed $30,000,000. The trusty camp at that time remained open. the TDCJ no longer lists the former Retrieve Unit. In 2021 the Jester IV Unit in Fort Bend County was renamed the Wayne Scott Unit.
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"Scott Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieve Unit - Handbook of Texas Online