Coffield Unit


The H. H. Coffield Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas. The prison, near Tennessee Colony, is along Farm to Market Road 2054. The unit, on a plot of land, is co-located with Beto, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units. With a capacity of 4,139 inmates, Coffield is the TDCJ's largest prison. Coffield opened in June 1965.
In 2011 the Stiles Unit metal products plant closed. Its operations were consolidated with those of Coffield and Powledge Unit.
Coffield has employee housing.
In early 2019 Gateway Church opened its first prison campus inside Coffield.
On September 19, 2023, two time convicted murder and alleged serial killer Billy Chemirmir was killed in the prison. The alleged attacker was Wyatt Busby, who was serving a 50 year sentence for murder in connection with the 2016 stabbing death of a man in the Houston area.