Back وحدة هنتسفيل فى ولاية تكساس ARZ Huntsville Unit German Unidad de Huntsville Spanish Huntsville Unit Finnish Huntsville Unit French Huntsville Unit ID Carcere di Huntsville Italian Huntsville Unit NB Huntsvillefängelset Swedish Teksas Huntsville Ceza İnfaz Kurumu Turkish
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  Location in Texas | |
| Location | 815 12th Street Huntsville, Texas 77342 |
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| Coordinates | 30°43′19″N 95°32′44″W / 30.722027°N 95.545596°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | G1–G3, Security Detention, Transient |
| Capacity | 1,705 |
| Opened | 1849 |
| Managed by | Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| Warden | Kelly Strong |
| County | Walker County |
| Country | USA |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Chad Butler ("Pimp C"), Duane "Dog" Chapman, John Wesley Hardin, Satanta, Doc Middleton Seth Wayne Campbell (first marriage on 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 Justice.[1] 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 587 (as of February 28, 2024)[3] executions since 1982, when the death penalty was reinstated in Texas (see Lists of people executed in Texas).[4]
- ^ "Huntsville Unit Archived 2008-03-30 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.
- ^ "Huntsville Prison Blues". PBS.org. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ "Death Row Information". Texas Department of Justice.
- ^ "Death Row Information". Tdcj.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
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