Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Texas_State_Penitentiary_at_Huntsville
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:address 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas
gptkbp:capacity about 1,700 inmates
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentDeathRowLocation gptkb:Allan_B._Polunsky_Unit
gptkbp:executionChamberFor gptkb:State_of_Texas
gptkbp:features maximum
gptkbp:function gptkb:prison
execution chamber
gptkbp:house death row inmates (historically)
male inmates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville
gptkbp:location gptkb:Huntsville,_Texas
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Walls_Unit
gptkbp:notableFor oldest state prison in Texas
site of Texas executions
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Angel_Maturino_Reséndiz
gptkb:David_Owen_Brooks
gptkb:Elroy_Chester
gptkb:Karla_Faye_Tucker
James Byrd Jr.'s murderers
gptkbp:opened 1849
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice
gptkbp:state gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:website https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/wal.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Huntsville,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4