Texas Department of Criminal Justice
ACA Accredited Unit Since May 2010
| Unit Full Name: | Sanders "Sandy" Estes Unit |
| Unit Address and Phone Number: | 1100 Hwy 1807, Venus, TX 76084 (972) 366-3334 (**670) |
| Unit Location: | One mile southeast of Venus on Hwy 1807 in Johnson County |
| Senior Warden: | Stephen McAdams |
| Deputy Director of Operations Monitoring: | Grady Wallace |
| Private Facility Contract Monitoring/Oversight Division Director: | Celeste Byrne, Private Facility Contract Monitoring/Oversight Division |
| Date Unit Established or On Line: | August 1989 |
| Total Employees *: | 190 |
| Security Employees *: | 134 |
| Non-Security Employees *: | 33 |
| Education Employees *: | 12 |
| Contract Medical and Psychiatric Employees*: | Medical = 11; Psychiatric = 0 |
| Offender Gender: | Male |
| Maximum Capacity: | 1,040 |
| Custody Levels Housed: | G1, G2 |
| Approximate Acreage: | 40 |
| Agricultural Operations: | None |
| Manufacturing and Logistics Op.: | None |
| Facility Operations: | Unit Maintenance |
| Additional Operations: | None |
| Medical Capabilities: | Ambulatory medical and dental services. Managed by UTMB. |
| Educational Programs: | Adult Basic Education, GED, Fundamentals, Life Skills |
| Vocational Programs: Building Trades; Electrical Trades; Food Service; Culinary Arts; Computer Technology; Commercial Housekeeping | |
| Additional Programs/Services: | Faith Based Dormitory, Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) |
| Community Work Projects: | Services provided to city and county agencies. |
| Volunteer Initiatives: | Substance Abuse Education, Support Groups, Pre-Release Programs, Religious/Faith Based Studies and Activities |
| Operated by: | Management and Training Corporation (MTC) |
* Data as of August 31, 2012