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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]
The red brick walls led to the nickname "Walls Unit." While the prison is officially the Huntsville Unit, the prison's red brick walls led to the nickname "Walls Unit." [22] The prison is 160 miles (260 km) southeast of Dallas and 70 miles (110 km) north of Houston. [23] The original cellblock had been closed for several years prior to 2011. [24]
The prison is named after Linda Woodman who served as warden of the Gatesville Unit and a survivor of the 1974 Huntsville Prison siege. History The unit opened in ...
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From July 24 to August 3, 1974, Carrasco unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Huntsville Prison in Huntsville, Texas, during an armed takeover. Carrasco's attorney, Ruben Montemayor, [3] attempted to mediate the 11-day siege, the longest in prison history. [1] [4] Carrasco killed himself after a ten-minute gun battle with law enforcement.
[3] [4] [5] In 1980 he began serving as a chaplain in the Huntsville, Texas, prison, where he spent most of the next 15 years working with prisoners facing imminent execution. [4] After retiring from the Texas Department of Corrections, Pickett wrote and spoke against the death penalty.
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