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Prisons. Region I. The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville is a prison operated by the Correctional Institutions Division; it houses the state execution chamber. Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row. Clemens Unit. Eastham Unit. Ellis Unit. W.J. Estelle Unit. Ferguson Unit.
Huntsville Unit. Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed " Walls Unit ", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately 54.36-acre (22.00 ha) facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal ...
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
The J. Dale Wainwright Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison for men, located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas. [1] [2] Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the J. Dale Wainwright Unit after a former chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. [3]
Aerial photograph, U.S. Geological Survey – January 25, 1995 Topographic map, U.S. Geological Survey – July 1, 1984 The Memorial Unit (DA), known as the Darrington Unit until 2023, is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison located in Brazoria County, Texas, [1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; [2] it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. [3]
The Thomas Goree Unit (GR) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison, located in Huntsville, Texas, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of downtown Huntsville on Texas State Highway 75 South. The Goree Unit is located within Region I. [1] First opened in 1911, it served as the only women's correctional facility in Texas until 1982, after the ...
O.B. Ellis Unit. O. B. Ellis Unit (E1, previously Ellis I Unit[1]) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, [2] 12 miles (19 km) north of Huntsville. The unit, with about 11,427 acres (4,624 ha) of space, now houses up to 2,400 male prisoners. [3] Ellis is situated in a wooded area ...
Aerial photograph of the Wynne, Holliday, and Byrd units, and the Huntsville Municipal Airport - U.S. Geological Survey - January 23, 1995 The John M. Wynne Unit (WY) is a men's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, [1] located in northern Huntsville, Texas, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2821 West and Texas State Highway 75 North. [2]