Huntsville Prison
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Huntsville Prison is the oldest prison in the state of Texas and houses the death chamber. The prison is located on 815 12th Street in Huntsville.
However, unlike other facilities in other states, death row is not located here. Death row (males only) was located here from 1928 to 1965, when they were moved to the nearby Ellis Unit. Escapes from the Ellis Unit led the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to relocate death row in 1999 to the Polunsky Unit, where it currently remains.
The female death row is located at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville.
The Huntsville Unit is also known as the 'Walls Unit' for its large brick walls around the prison. The prison itself serves as a pre-release facility that all persons incarcerated must go to before they are released.
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- Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville from the Handbook of Texas Online
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