Prison Training Program
How We Do It
Inmate Dog Training Program
In 2008, Patriot PAWS entered into an innovative partnership with a service dog training program inside Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Three TDCJ facilities participate in this program including the Lane Murray and Crain Women’s Correctional Units located in Gatesville, and the Boyd Men’s Correctional Unit in Fairfield. This partnership not only helps Patriot PAWS train more service dogs for disabled veterans, but creates career opportunities for inmates after their release and provides a way for them to give back to the community during their incarceration.
The Patriot PAWS/TDCJ parternship has exceeded all expectations and is widely considered to be one of the most successful programs of its type in the country.
Crain Unit
The Christina Melton Crain Unit (formerly the Gatesville Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for females in Gatesville, Texas. The prison is along Texas State Highway 36, 3 miles (4.8Â km) north of central Gatesville. The unit, with about 1,317 acres (533Â ha) of space, is co-located with the Hilltop Unit, the Dr. Lane Murray Unit, and the Linda Woodman Unit. Crain Unit’s regular program houses around 1,500 women, and it is one of Texas’s main prisons for women. Female prison offenders of the TDCJ are released from this unit. With a capacity of 2,013 inmates, Crain is the TDCJ’s largest female prison.
Lane murray unit
Dr. Lane Murray Unit is a women’s prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in Gatesville, Texas. The prison is located on Texas State Highway 36, between Farm to Market Road 215 and Farm to Market Road 929. The 1,317 acres (533Â ha) unit, which opened in November 1995, is located with the Christina Crain Unit, the Hilltop Unit, the Mountain View Unit, and the Woodman Unit. The unit is named after Lane Murray, who was the first superintendent of the Windham School District.
Boyd Unit
The William R. Boyd Unit is a state Prison housing male inmates located approximately 6 miles northeast of Teague, Texas and approximately 5 miles southwest of Fairfield, Texas.
The prison is on approximately 734 acres of land and is operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division employing 292 people as of August 31, 2012.
