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The Barry B. Telford Unit (TO) a.k.a. Telford Unit (opened July 1995) is a Texas state prison located in unincorporated Bowie County, Texas. The facility, along Texas State Highway 98, is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Interstate 30. It has a "New Boston, Texas" mailing address, and is in proximity to Texarkana.
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1995
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1995
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his! Newsletters Events Donate Feedback? [email protected] The first Texas prisoner to die after testing positive for the coronavirus was incarcerated at the Telford Unit near Texarkana. Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune Filed 6:00 a.m. EDT 04.15.2020 Coronavirus What Happens When More Than 300,000 Prisoners Are Locked Down? The United States is about to find out as off
e you,” again. And they will definitely never know that when he told us that story, a light shined through this dark, desperate place. Christopher Dye is a 53-year-old inmate at Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas, where he is serving life without parole for a murder he committed while in prison. His original conviction in 1996 was for multiple aggravated sexual assaults. Our reporting has real
ed that he be provided therapy....[and] would benefit from a program to learn independent/daily life skills.” Instead, Mark was soon moved to a maximum-security adult prison, the Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas. And within six months, he landed in a segregation cell for allegedly threatening to escape. Mark had told his mother that he was nervous around the older prisoners, particularly his
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World Prisons. (2026). Barry Telford Unit. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/barry-telford-unit
"Barry Telford Unit." World Prisons. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/barry-telford-unit.
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