a parole confinement facility for males operated by Global Expertise in Outsourcing, is in Downtown Houston, west of Minute Maid Park. As of 2011, the Texas First Court of Appeals and the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals are located in the renovated 1910 Courthouse. Federal representation Downtown Houston is in Texas's 18th congressional district. As of 2016, its representative is Sheila Jackson Lee. The United States Postal Service previously operated a Houston Post Office at 401 Franklin Street. The building, named after Barbara Jordan, was designed by the architects who designed the Houston Astrodome, opened in 1962 and received its current name in 1984. When it was a post office it had mail sorting machines. It has of space. However, following the sale of the property, the U.S. Postal Service ceased operations at the facility on May 15, 2015 and consolidated its sorting operations. The Sam Houston Station, the new Houston Post Office on Hadley Street in Midtown Houston assumed the role held by the previous one. In 2010 the Houston Press ranked the former Downtown post office as the best post office in Houston. It became an event venue called Post HTX after the company Lovett Commercial took control of it in 2015. By 2021 it was being redeveloped as a shopping center. In addition the USPS operates the 2 Houston Center and Civic Center postal units. In July 2011 the USPS announced that the two postal units may close. Regional offices of U.S. government agencies are located at the Mickey Leland Federal Building at 1919 Smith Street. The 22 story building, with a 6-story parking garage, was designated an Energy Star efficient building in 2000. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has its offices in 515 Rusk in Downtown Houston. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Detention Center, Houston in Downtown. Diplomatic missions The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom is located in Wells Fargo Plaza, while the Consulate-General of Japan is located in Two Houston Center. The Consulate-General of Switzerland, which resided in Downtown Houston, closed in 2006. Parks, recreation, and culture Downtown contains fifteen public parks, varying from linear parks along Buffalo Bayou to block parks and plazas. On the west side of Downtown along Bagby Street, Sam Houston Park is home to the Houston Heritage Society, which maintains a collection of historic houses from throughout the city's history. Nearby,