Hodge Unit

Jerry H. Hodge Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a state prison for men in Rusk, Texas; it is on Farm to Market Road 2972, west of Texas State Highway 69 North. It opened in March 1995.

It is on a 58 acre lot, co-located with the Skyview Unit. It has a capacity of 989 prisoners. The inmates live in traditional prison cells.

The prison's inmates have mental disabilities. Prison guards assigned to Hodge take special training to come to this prison. , most prisoners stay for about 20-60 days before returning to a general-purpose prison, but some stay long-term. Steve McVicker of the Dallas Observer wrote that at Hodge and Skyview "both guards and prisoners seem more relaxed than their counterparts at other prisons".