Dolph Briscoe Unit

The Dolph Briscoe Unit or Briscoe Unit is a Texas state prison located near the town of in , . The unit opened in January 1992 and is named for former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Prison
  • Description: prison near the town of Dilley in Frio County, Texas
  • Also known as: “Briscoe prison” and “TDCJ Briscoe”
  • Address: 1459 West Highway 85, Dilley, TX 78017

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

Prison
The South Texas Family Residential Center is an immigrant detention center in . First opened in December 2014, it has a capacity of 2,400 and is intended to detain mainly women and children from Central America. is situated 1 mile west of Dolph Briscoe Unit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dilley.

Town
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , , United States. The population was 3,274 at the 2020 census. It is located off Interstate 35, south of the county seat in .

Dolph Briscoe Unit

Latitude
28.6597° or 28° 39′ 35″ north
Longitude
-99.18893° or 99° 11′ 20″ west
Operator
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division
Open location code
76W2MR56+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 426372446
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q16991925
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In Other Languages

“Dolph Briscoe Unit” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وحدة دولف بريسكو”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dilley Cemetery and Darlington Cemetery.

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