The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

Lights. Camera. Action. Huntsville has been home to the Lucky Number 8 Production crew for a few weeks as they have been filming around town. Movie crews filiming in downtown Huntsville A movie crew ...

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

The longest operating prison in Texas, Huntsville Unit, caught fire Friday morning, August 25, and was forced to evacuate 655 inmates, according to a statement from Amanda Hernandez, director of ...

Over 300 bodies have been added to the more than 3,000 estimated to be at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas.

The Huntsville Fire Department battles a fire at the Huntsville Unit state prison early Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. About 655 inmates were evacuated from their cells when a fire erupted early Friday ...

Aug. 25—The Huntsville Unit, better known as the historic "Walls" Unit, has been standing for 174 years. Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, a fire alarm sounded for smoke showing at the Unit from an unknown ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says an inmate is back in custody after escaping Friday afternoon. Matthew Garza, 28, escaped from The Huntsville Unit, also known ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - A large fire started at Texas Department of Criminal Justice Facility in Huntsville around 2:30 a.m. Friday. It happened at the Walls Unit in the 800 block of 12th Street.

Everything has to start somewhere, and the infamous Huntsville Unit of the Texas state prison system opened 166 years ago Thursday. On Oct. 1, 1849, the not-quite-finished Texas State Penitentiary ...

Aug. 25—The Huntsville Unit, better known as the historic "Walls" Unit, has been standing for 174 years. Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, a fire alarm sounded for smoke showing at the Unit from an unknown ...