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{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Darrington Unit
| caption =
| location = 59 Darrington Road
Rosharon, Texas 77583
| coordinates = {{Coord|29.3995500|-095.4907500|display=inline}}
| status = Operational
| classification = G1-G5, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty, Transient
| capacity = Unit: 1,610 Trusty Camp: 321
| population =
| populationdate =
| opened = 1933
| closed =
| former_name =
| managed_by = TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
| warden = Michael Butcher, Jerry Sanchez, James Danhiem
| county = Brazoria County
| zip =
| country = USA
| website = {{URL|http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory../da.html}}
| prisoners =
}}The Darrington Unit (DA) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas,[1] near Sandy Point,[2] and with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place.[3] The unit is along Farm to Market Road 521, {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of Rosharon,[1] and about {{convert|30|mi|km}} south of Downtown Houston.[4] The prison has about {{convert|6770|acre|ha}} of land. The prison has the Region III Administrative Office of the Windham School District.[1] HistoryThe unit opened in 1917.[1] The TDCJ believes that the unit was named after the original landowners of the area occupied by the prison.[5] The "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" was first recorded by John A. Lomax in 1934 at Darrington, sung by "Sin-Killer" Griffin who claimed authorship.[2] In 1935 Darrington housed African American prisoners.[6] In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed white second offenders.[7] In the late 1980s, Darrington housed a lot of leaders of prison gangs. In 1986 and 1987 a {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} high gunwalk was built, overseeing 13 recreation yards; the walk allows prison guards to easily shoot and kill raging prisoners.[8] In 2017 a judge ordered the installation of air conditioning.name=stifling /> OperationsThe Darrington Unit is within the attendance zone of the Alvin Community College. Darrington was included through H.B. No. 2744,[9] filed on March 6, 2007.[10] Notable prisoners- David Graham, perpetrator of the murder of Adrianne Jones[11]
References1. ^1 2 3 "Darrington Unit {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201116/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/da.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
2. ^1 {{cite web| author = Hinckley, D.| date = 2008-09-12| title = Singing up a 'Mighty Storm' in Galveston| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/09/12/2008-09-12_singing_up_a_mighty_storm_in_galveston.html| publisher = New York Daily News| accessdate = 2010-09-03|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720001030/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/09/12/2008-09-12_singing_up_a_mighty_storm_in_galveston.html|archivedate=2009-07-20}}
3. ^"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4863332_rosharon/DC10BLK_P4863332_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rosharon CDP, TX]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 21, 2018.
4. ^https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/20/texas-prison-heat-air-conditioning-lawsuit/
5. ^"[https://web.archive.org/web/19980113083840/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/tdcj1995.htm 1995 Annual Report]." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
6. ^Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System. University of Texas Press, 2009. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WQbCzIK84D8C&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=%22Blue+Ridge%22+Mexicans+Eastham&source=bl&ots=rrYEG3D4L8&sig=odRjgJzqn_HgAQyku7Be-fwIPfc&hl=en&ei=btFATOadGsP98AbJtanuDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Blue%20Ridge%22%20Mexicans%20Eastham&f=false 81]. Retrieved from Google Books on July 16, 2010. {{ISBN|0-292-71983-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-292-71983-5}}.
7. ^Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, and Ben M. Crouch. First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System. University of Texas Press, 2009. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WQbCzIK84D8C&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=%22Darrington+Farm%22+prison&source=bl&ots=rrYEG3A4M6&sig=tvrKW4lHxwb_CuoZ3kHIX09qhy0&hl=en&ei=vsVATOCfE4eksQPBtMCVDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Darrington%20Farm%22%20prison&f=false 82]. Retrieved from Google Books on July 16, 2010. {{ISBN|0-292-71983-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-292-71983-5}}.
8. ^Toth, John. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019235412/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1986_267403/prison-guards-will-shoot-to-kill-inmates-to-stop-d.html Prison guards will `shoot to kill' inmates to stop deadly violence of gangs]" (). Houston Chronicle. Sunday September 21, 1986. Section 3, Page 1. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.
9. ^"H.B. No. 2744." Texas Legislature. Retrieved on March 11, 2011. "(3) the territory located in Brazoria County, situated to the west of the Alvin Community College District boundary as it existed on January 1, 2003, extending west to the eastern border of Fort Bend County, and south to County Roads 49, 34, and 255, including the City of Rosharon and the Darrington and Ramsey Units of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
10. ^"Bill: HB 2744." Texas Legislature. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.
11. ^"Graham, David Christopher" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6e67EFeM4?url=http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid%3D05706168 Archive]). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
External links{{Portal|Texas|Houston|Prisons}}- Darrington Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
- Collier, Keith. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403024435/www.swbts.edu/campusnews/story.cfm?id=2ACFB8DD-15C5-E47C-F9986CB6D43F0D7F Southwestern holds convocation inside maximum security prison]." Southwestern Theological Baptist Seminary. September 2, 2011.
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