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The facility, the oldest Texas state prison, opened in 1849. [2] The unit houses the execution chamber of the State of Texas. It is the most active execution chamber in the United States, with 591 (as of October 1, 2024) [3] executions since 1982, when the death penalty was reinstated in Texas (see Lists of people executed in Texas). [4]
It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.
FILE - This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Stephen Barbee, a Texas death row inmate. Barbee, seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious ...
In 2008, Tabler prompted a massive lockdown at the 150,000-inmate prison when he smuggled a cellphone into the facility and began making death-threat phone calls to then-state Sen. John Whitmire ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 26 people have been executed since 2020. To date, 26 people have been executed since 2020. All of the people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
This story includes graphic descriptions of crimes committed against an infant. A death row inmate set to be executed in Texas this week destroyed the only family he ever knew about 16 years ago ...
Huntsville Unit, the location of the State of Texas execution chamber. The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 20 February 2025.
With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate watched as his attorneys’ legal arguments were rejected in the courts and his pleas for clemency disregarded, as ...