Huntsville Prison

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:address 815 12th Street, Huntsville, TX 77348
gptkbp:architecturalStyle 19th-century prison design
gptkbp:capacity about 1700 inmates
gptkbp:cemeteryForUnclaimed Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentDeathRowLocation gptkb:Allan_B._Polunsky_Unit
gptkbp:features medium
maximum
gptkbp:firstExecution 1924
gptkbp:function gptkb:prison
execution chamber
gptkbp:hasChapel Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery
gptkbp:hasWall red brick wall
gptkbp:hasWarden Dennis Crowley (as of 2023)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance oldest state prison in Texas
gptkbp:house death row inmates (historically)
male inmates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Huntsville Prison
gptkbp:inmatePrograms education
religious services
work assignments
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Huntsville,_Texas
gptkbp:mediaCoverage frequent
gptkbp:method lethal injection
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Sam_Houston_State_University
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Walls_Unit
gptkbp:notableEvent first Texas execution by lethal injection (1982)
site of all Texas executions since 1924
gptkbp:notableFor site of Texas executions
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Angel_Maturino_Reséndiz
gptkb:Karla_Faye_Tucker
James Byrd Jr.'s murderers
gptkbp:notableLandmark yes
gptkbp:opened 1849
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice
gptkbp:previousMethodOfExecution hanging
electric chair
gptkbp:state gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Satanta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5