Unit Full Name: Mark W. Stiles Unit

Senior Warden: Christopher Norsworthy

Regional Director: Maricia Jackson, Region III

Deputy Division Director: Richard Babcock

Date Unit Established or On Line: June 1993

Total Employees: 495

Security Employees: 359

Non-Security Employees: 64

Windham Education Employees: 7

Contract Medical and Mental Health Employees: Medical = 60; Mental Health = 5

Inmate Gender: Male

Capacity: 2,887

Custody Levels Housed: G1-G5, Security Detention, Safekeeping

Approximate Acreage: 776 (Co-located with Gist and LeBlanc)

Agricultural Operations: Stiles, Gist, and LeBlanc work in cooperation: Security Horses, Security Pack Canines, and Unit Garden.

Manufacturing and Logistics Op.: None

Facility Operations: Unit Maintenance

Additional Operations: Scent-Specific Canines; Human Remains Detection (HRD) Canines; Laundry services provided for the Gist State Jail.

Medical Capabilities: Ambulatory medical, dental, and mental health services with 21 wheelchair accommodated bunks. Medical care available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Seventeen bed infirmary, including 13 assisted living beds, two respiratory isolation rooms and two mental health observation rooms. Onsite infectious disease specialty clinics and HIV program available. Telemedicine and Digital Medical Services (DMS) available. All services on a single level, including assisted disability services (ADS) showers and CPAP accommodating housing. Managed by UTMB.

Educational Programs: Literacy (Adult Basic Education/GED), Special Education, CHANGES/Pre-Release, Cognitive Intervention; Lamar State College Vocational: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration I and II; Auto Mechanics; Auto Mechanics II (Transmission)

Additional Programs/Services: Faith-Based Dormitory, Adult Education Program (upon availability), Peer Education, Reentry Planning, Chaplaincy Services, Crime Stoppers, GO KIDS Initiative

Community Work Projects: None

Volunteer Initiatives: Literacy/Education, Substance Abuse Education, Life Skills, Support Groups, Religious/Faith-Based Studies and Activities, Veterans Programs