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  2. Huntsville Unit - Wikipedia

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    Huntsville Unit's yard during the 1870s. The prison's first inmates arrived on October 2, 1849. [5] The unit was named after the County of Huntsville. [6] Robert Perkinson, the author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, wrote that the unit was, within Texas, "the first public work of any importance".

  3. C. A. Holliday Transfer Facility - Wikipedia

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    Holliday, an industrial-scale complex, has sheet metal siding and low sloping roofs. Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, said that the "hastily-constructed" transfer unit "looks like an assemblage of discount tire outlets," and that the only features that indicate that it is a prison is the razor wire and guard towers.

  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. James H. Byrd Jr. Unit - Wikipedia

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    The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit (DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The 93 acres (38 ha) diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247. [1] The prison was named after James H. Byrd, a former prison warden. [citation ...

  6. Ralph Fults - Wikipedia

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    Given a two-year prison sentence, Fults arrived in Huntsville Prison on June 16. He was eventually transferred to Eastham prison farm , from which he escaped with two other inmates on April 8, 1930. Recaptured five months later while burgling a hardware store in St. Louis , he was sent back to Texas, where he received a parole on August 16, 1931.

  7. The inmate was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and a parole violation from an earlier case, according to Newburyport News. The cause of death was hanging, using a "anti-suicide" bedsheet. The inmate was on suicide watch, according to Newburyport News. Jail or Agency: Rockingham County Department of Corrections; State: New ...

  8. Tarrant County Jail inmate found hanging in cell dies at Fort ...

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    The inmate’s name and cause of death have not yet been published on the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s website. According to the release, he was arrested by Fort Worth police on Nov. 21 and ...

  9. Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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