HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Demolition has started on an old building in Huntsville that has become the seasonal home to an estimated one million bats. The Texas prison system owns the old cotton ...

The 174-year-old Huntsville Unit was built in 1849 and is nicknamed the Walls Unit because of its red brick walls. It currently houses about 1,600 prisoners with space for about 1,700.

Huntsville's famous Texas Prison Museum explores the chilling history of incarceration in the Lone Star State. 24/7 Live Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast Welcome, Mickey ...

More than 600 inmates had to be evacuated after a fire erupted at the Huntsville Unit early Friday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Years ago, every Sunday in October, Huntsville would play host to the "the world's fastest, wildest rodeo." You might remember it as the Texas Prison Rodeo, the first of its kind in the nation ...

A fire erupted early Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at the 174-year-old state prison in Huntsville, Texas. "We do currently have the main body of fire knocked down," he said.

Day Trips The Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville puts the Texas criminal justice system into perspective By Gerald E. McLeod, Fri., May 6, 2005 ...

The 174-year-old Huntsville Unit was built in 1849 and is nicknamed the Walls Unit because of its red brick walls. It currently houses about 1,600 prisoners with space for about 1,700.

Another piece of Texas history was razed in mid-January when bulldozers unceremoniously demolished the prison rodeo arena in Huntsville, but the memory of the event rides on. Search Texas Monthly new ...

2000-12-17 04:00:00 PDT Huntsville, Texas-- Jim Willett, the warden of the prison here, awakened a little before 5 a. m. on Dec. 5 in his home, which his wife, Janice, had decorated for Christmas ...

This Tuesday, May 29, 2018 photo shows the day room of the COURAGE Program at the O.B. Ellis Unit, a state prison in Huntsville, Texas. The youthful offender program will house up to 52 male ...

The fire started around 2:30 a.m. at the historic prison near downtown Huntsville on 12th Street in Walker County. The 174-year-old facility houses about 1,600 inmates.