The Walls
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The Walls is the nickname for the Huntsville Unit, a historic maximum-security state prison in Huntsville, Texas, known for housing Texas’s execution chamber.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Walls canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
correctional facility
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maximum-security prison ⓘ prison ⓘ state prison ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century prison architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
NERFINISHED
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Texas death penalty system ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Walker County, Texas
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Execution sites in the United States ⓘ Prisons in Texas ⓘ |
| city | Huntsville, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colloquialName |
The Walls Unit
NERFINISHED
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Walls Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Texas execution chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| function |
housing of death row offenders prior to execution (historically and/or for certain periods)
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state prison for adult offenders ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Texas state law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAddress | Huntsville, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
custodial housing units
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execution chamber ⓘ |
| hasPerimeter | high security walls and fencing ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic prison facility ⓘ |
| inmateGender | male ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Texas prison system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Texas criminal justice system
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Correctional Institutions Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Walker County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | The Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the oldest prisons in Texas
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housing the Texas execution chamber ⓘ |
| officialName | Huntsville Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Texas Department of Criminal Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | State of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistory |
history of capital punishment in Texas
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history of the Texas prison system ⓘ |
| regionServed | State of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | site of executions for the State of Texas ⓘ |
| securityClassification | maximum security ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
controlled access gates
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guard towers ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division director ⓘ |
| typeOfInmates | adult male offenders ⓘ |
| usedFor |
carrying out death sentences imposed by Texas courts
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confinement of convicted felons ⓘ |
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