Mark Stiles Unit

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{{Infobox prison

| name = Mark W. Stiles Unit

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| image_size = 150px

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| pushpin_map = USA Texas

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas

| location = 3060 FM 3514
Beaumont, Texas 77705

| coordinates = {{Coord|29.9932333|-094.0503167|display=inline,title}}

| status = Operational

| classification = List of security classification of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

| capacity = 2,981

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| opened = June 1993

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| managed_by = TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division

| warden = Calvin Tucker

| county = Jefferson County

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| country = United States

| website = {{URL|tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/st.html}}

| prisoners =

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Mark W. Stiles Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Texas,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/county/c48245_jefferson/DC20BLK_C48245.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jefferson County, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-14|quote=Mark W Stiles Unit|page=14 (PDF p. 15/50)}} near Beaumont. The unit, located along Farm to Market Road 3514, is {{convert|4|mi|km}} southeast of downtown Beaumont. The approximately {{convert|776|acre|ha}} unit is co-located with the Gist Unit and the LeBlanc Unit."[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/st.htm Stiles Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125212031/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/st.htm |date=January 25, 2010 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.

The unit opened in June 1993. The unit serves as the University of Texas Medical Branch hub site for treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases. As a result, the Stiles facility houses many HIV positive prisoners.Bass, Emily. "Separate but Equal?" HIV Positive. December/January 2000. No. 6. Here Publishing. [https://books.google.com/books?id=d2UEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Parchman+%22Unit+28%22&pg=PA30 30]. Retrieved from Google Books on July 20, 2010. ISSN 1522-3086. A hospice for prisoners with HIV opened at Stiles in 1997."[https://www.cdc.gov/idu/facts/cj-hiv.pdf Providing Services To Inmates Living With HIV]," Centers for Disease Control. August 2001. 3 (3/3). Retrieved on July 20, 2010.

The unit has offered Buddhist meditation classes since 2003.Turner, Allan. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Meditation-helps-inmates-reach-natural-awareness-2154533.php Meditation helps inmates reach 'natural awareness']." Houston Chronicle. Saturday September 3, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.

In 2011 the metal products plant closed; its operations were consolidated to the plants at the Coffield Unit and the Powledge Unit.Ward, Mike. "[https://archive.today/20120911191334/http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/prison-industry-programs-a-victim-of-economic-recession-1820020.html?viewAsSinglePage=true Prison industry programs a victim of economic recession]," Austin American-Statesman. Sunday September 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.