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Ellis Unit

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In November 1998, six condemned men were absent from their cells for several hours and then coordinated an escape attempt. One of the men, Martin Gurule (TDCJ# 999063), successfully escaped and was later found dead in a location near the prison grounds. TDCJ officials said that he drowned on the day
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In April 1981, Eroy Brown, a prisoner who had been convicted of armed robbery and burglary, drowned Wallace Pack, the warden, and shot Billy Moore, the unit's farm manager, during a struggle for Pack's gun. Brown said that they were planning to kill him since he was going to expose a prison theft
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on November 3, 2011), the attitude of the death row was "We can afford you some sort of reasonable life—within security confines" and that death row inmates "lived as humans". Reed said that condemned inmates sometimes violated the rules by smoking, getting tattoos, making wine, and engaging in
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When the unit housed the male death row, condemned inmates worked in a garment factory, played basketball, assisted each other with legal work, and worshiped together. The prison guards allowed other offenders to gather and say goodbye to a death row inmate on the night before his execution.
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of his escape. According to the TDCJ, the prison escape attempt had hastened the agency's decision to move death row inmates to a new location. TDCJ officials also stated that overcrowding at Ellis was another factor in the death row move.
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Six months after the escape attempt, the TDCJ decided to move the death row. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved the relocation of the men's death row on Friday May 21, 1999. In 1999 the male death row was relocated to the
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The cells at Ellis's death row had bars on them. Sometimes there were two death row inmates per cell. Inmates were permitted to watch televisions located in the facility.
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designed the unit, making it to be the strictest prison in the system, and Jim Estelle, the following prison director, continued the course of action Beto established.
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According to death row offender Jonathan Bruce Reed (Texas Department of Criminal Justice Death Row #642, now TDCJ#1743674 due to a reduction of the sentence to
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As of 2022 the prison sometimes had temperatures over 90 degrees Fahrenheit since there were no tempered air systems nor air conditioner units.
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Derrick Sean O'Brien (perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña) - transferred to Polunsky Unit, executed July 11, 2006
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The unit opened in July 1965. It was named after Oscar B. Ellis, a former prison director of Texas.
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Former Texas-sentenced inmates (all death row inmates on this list had been transferred to
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sexual intercourse with other inmates and officers. Privileges decreased as years passed.
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prisons have "Huntsville, Texas" street addresses but are north of the city limits.
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Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female-only) or ♂♀ (cogender)
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has a "Huntsville, Texas" street address but is southest of the city limits.
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Killers as Louis Jones 49 Juan Raul Garza 42 and Orlando Cordia Hall 28.
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Berryhill, Michael. "What Really Happened To Rodeny Hulin?" [
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
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In 2011 the Ellis Unit furniture and wood plant was moved to the
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and then the Ellis Unit. Hulin died in the Ellis Unit in 1997.
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scheme. Thirty-five of 36 jurors voted in Brown's favor.
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A topographic map of the Ellis Unit, July 1, 1983 -
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Retrieved May 9, 2010. 785:"Author revisits Texas prisons brutality case" 420:in 1999, commuted, released, and/or executed) 2639: 1831: 779: 777: 775: 719: 717: 595:(transferred to BOP custody) executed in 2003 306:includes content about the unit's death row. 8: 1751:"Famous Crimes: The Texas Cadet Murder case" 432:murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña 397:recorded "Ellis Unit One" for the 1995 film 356:It has a capacity of about 2,000 prisoners. 21: 1250:"Last Statement Jeffery Dillingham #999071" 560:- moved to Polunsky executed August 7, 2012 554:- moved to Polunsky, executed March 9, 2016 485:- moved to Polunsky, executed June 22, 2000 292:From 1965 to 1999 the unit housed the male 2710: 2646: 2632: 2624: 2590: 2458: 2275: 1864: 1838: 1824: 1816: 1151:"Steve Earle", Author: Nick A. Zaino III, 1044:. June 19, 1999. Retrieved March 24, 2016. 957: 955: 337:(originally known as the Terrell Unit) in 27: 20: 1602:"Last Statement - Shannon Charles Thomas" 1017:. May 22, 1999. Retrieved March 24, 2016. 982:"Officials say Gurule died day of escape" 589:. (executed in Terre Haute June 19, 2001) 503:(TDCJ#999055, executed November 17, 1998) 1791:"Rooting for the Death-Row Fugitive Guy" 1452:"Last Statement - Jose Ernesto Medellin" 450:Jeffrey Dillingham - perpetrator of the 1532:"Last Statement - Ronald Clark O'Bryan" 659: 163:TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division 1774:- Texas Department of Criminal Justice 1306:"Humberto Leal Garcia Last Statement" 491:- moved to Polunsky, later exonerated 7: 1854:Texas Department of Criminal Justice 1166:"Last Statement Charlie Brooks, Jr." 881:Texas Department of Criminal Justice 736:Texas Department of Criminal Justice 245:Texas Department of Criminal Justice 1778:List of prisoners in the Ellis Unit 1155:, October 2011, Accessed 2014-01-18 1005:"Prison board OKs moving death row" 883:. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 437:Ignacio Cuevas (perpetrator of the 371:Aerial photograph of the Ellis and 1492:"Last Statement - Derrick O'Brien" 1085:"Offenders No Longer on Death Row" 980:Winingham, Ralph and Matt Flores. 939:"Offenders No Longer on Death Row" 570:Former federal-sentenced inmates: 48: 14: 1789:Stein, Joel (December 14, 1998). 1338:"Last Statement Gary Graham #969" 608:David Graham, perpetrator of the 254:, 12 miles (19 km) north of 2683:C. A. Holliday Transfer Facility 1847: 632: 430:Peter Cantu (perpetrator of the 47: 40: 2858:Prisons in Walker County, Texas 1669:Grann, David. "Trial by Fire". 823:Helicher, Karl (May 31, 2012). 749:"Hunt is on for escaped killer" 667:"Inmate escapes Ellis I prison" 317:fatally injured himself at the 1802:Dart, Tom (December 2, 2014). 1198:"Last Statement - Peter Cantu" 530:- transferred to Polunsky Unit 18:Prison in Texas, United States 1: 866:. 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Ellis Unit is located in Texas
Huntsville, Texas
Coordinates
30°53′05″N 95°27′18″W / 30.88472°N 95.45500°W / 30.88472; -95.45500
G1-G5, Administrative Segregation, GRAD/ ASDP, Outside Trusty
TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Warden
Walker County
www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/e.html
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
unincorporated
Walker County, Texas
Huntsville
Estelle Unit
death row

U.S. Geological Survey
George Beto
death row
Huntsville Unit
In This Timeless Time
Rodney Hulin
Clemens Unit
Hospital Galveston Unit
Polunsky Unit
West Livingston, Texas
Lewis Unit

Estelle

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