page_title: Jester III Unit
hierarchical_section_title: Jester III Unit
caption_attribution_description: English: Jester State Prison Farm (Jester (Harlem) I, Vance (Jester/Harlem II), Jester III, and Jester IV units) Español: Granja Penal Estatal Jester (Unidades Jester (Harlem) I, Vance (Jester II), Jester III, y Jester IV)
context_page_description: The Beauford H. Jester III Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles east of central Richmond. The unit, which opened in July 1982 with about 940 acres of land, is co-located with Jester I Unit, Carol Vance Unit, and Jester IV Unit. Together with its trusty camp, it houses 1,131 inmates.
  The unit was named after Governor of Texas Beauford H. Jester, the namesake for the entire prison farm. Jester III opened in 1982. The land that Jester III sits on was purchased in 1885 by the state.
  In 2011 the prison's garment plant closed, and its operations were consolidated with the garment plant at Eastham Unit.
  In 2011 a middle school, James Bowie Middle School, and a strip commercial center opened across the street from Jester III and Jester IV Unit.
context_section_description: The Beauford H. Jester III Unit (J3) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The unit is along U.S. Highway 90A, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Richmond. The unit, which opened in July 1982 with about 940 acres (380 ha) of land, is co-located with Jester I Unit, Carol Vance Unit, and Jester IV Unit. Together with its trusty camp, it houses 1,131 inmates.
  The unit was named after Governor of Texas Beauford H. Jester, the namesake for the entire prison farm. Jester III opened in 1982. The land that Jester III sits on was purchased in 1885 by the state.
  In 2011 the prison's garment plant closed, and its operations were consolidated with the garment plant at Eastham Unit.
  In 2011 a middle school, James Bowie Middle School, and a strip commercial center opened across the street from Jester III and Jester IV Unit.
caption: Aerial view of the Jester State Prison Farm, January 27, 2002, U.S. Geographic Survey
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