HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- On July 24, 1974, a narcotics kingpin behind bars at the Walls Unit in Huntsville led two other inmates to take over the library and hold 11 prison workers hostage ...

Jul. 27—The Huntsville Unit has a history in Huntsville that is not only historic but hallowed for the first female warden — Kelly Strong. Warden Strong is the first female warden of the ...

TEXAS, USA — Probably not the most likely place for a rodeo, but once upon a time in Texas, just outside the “Walls” unit of the state prison in Huntsville, thousands of prisoners risked ...

Sights and sounds from Huntsville when prisoners were released from the Walls Unit on March 4. Texas Tribune donors or members may be quoted or mentioned in our stories, or may be the subject of them.

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 ...

Huntsville Prison Blues Every day in Texas, more than a hundred people walk out of the state's prison headquarters as free men. The Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas is where all male prisoners are ...