Mark W. Stiles Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Texas, near Beaumont. The unit, located along Farm to Market Road 3514, is southeast of downtown Beaumont. The approximately unit is co-located with the Gist Unit and the LeBlanc Unit."Stiles Unit ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
The unit opened in June 1993. The unit serves as the University of Texas Medical Branch hub site for treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases. As a result, the Stiles facility houses many HIV positive prisoners.Bass, Emily. "Separate but Equal?" HIV Positive. December/January 2000. No. 6. Here Publishing. 30. Retrieved from Google Books on July 20, 2010. ISSN 1522-3086. A hospice for prisoners with HIV opened at Stiles in 1997."Providing Services To Inmates Living With HIV," Centers for Disease Control. August 2001. 3 (3/3). Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
The unit has offered Buddhist meditation classes since 2003.Turner, Allan. "Meditation helps inmates reach 'natural awareness'." Houston Chronicle. Saturday September 3, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
In 2011 the metal products plant closed; its operations were consolidated to the plants at the Coffield Unit and the Powledge Unit.Ward, Mike. "," Austin American-Statesman. Sunday September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
In 2023 the unit saw three inmate on inmate homicides. The homicides were part of a trend of rising violence in TDCJ facilities which prompted a statewide lockdown of all facilities. Eslinger, Scott. "30% of Texas inmate deaths in 2023 happened in Southeast Texas prisons," Friday September 8, 2023. Retrieved on November 14, 2025.
Notable prisoners Elmer Wayne Henley"Henley, Elmer Wayne Jr" Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on November 11, 2022. John Curtis Dewberryhttps://vimeo.com/143798965 The Dewberry brothers’ case: on the trail of the secrets James Bergstromhttps://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/search.action
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"Stiles Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice Rodriguez, Brenda. "For ill prisoners, time at Beaumont's 'death camp' can be for life." San Antonio Express-News. September 14, 1997. 14A.