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  2. Thomas Goree Unit - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Ellis Unit - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. 1974 Huntsville Prison siege - Wikipedia

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    The Huntsville Unit, the location of the siege. The 1974 Huntsville Prison siege was an eleven-day prison uprising that took place from July 24 to August 3, 1974, at the Huntsville Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville, Texas. The standoff was one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in United States history. [1]

  5. W.J. Estelle Unit - Wikipedia

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    www.tdcj.state.tx.us /unit _directory.. /e2.html W. J. "Jim" Estelle Unit [ 1 ] ( E2 , originally the Ellis II Unit ) also known as the Estelle Supermax Penitentiary, is a prison located on Farm to Market Road 3478 in unincorporated Walker County , Texas , United States , [ 2 ] 10 miles (16 km) north of central Huntsville .

  6. Huntsville Unit - Wikipedia

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    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 Justice . [ 1 ]

  7. Bob Wallace Avenue/Sparkman Drive - Wikipedia

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    Bob Wallace Avenue and Sparkman Drive are major thoroughfares in Huntsville, Alabama that connect to make a horseshoe-shaped road around the city. The two roads run through several residential neighborhoods and school zones including the University of Alabama in Huntsville. On average, approximately 21,000 vehicles travel along the roads each ...

  8. Huntsville, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 45,941 as of the 2020 census. [2] It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area.

  9. George Beto Unit - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Coffield Prison Farm Property (The Beto, Coffield, Gurney, Michael, and Powledge units) 1977 United States Geological Survey map of the land which now houses the Beto Unit. The George Beto Unit (B) is a men's maximum security prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas ...