Huntsville Penitentiary (images Of America)
by Theresa Jach /
2013 / English / EPUB
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The state of Texas, home to one of the largest prison systems in
the country, opened its first penitentiary in 1849. The Walls Unit
in Huntsville was the genesis of a prison system that became the
home of notorious convicts and the focus of much debate about
incarceration and the death penalty in the United States. The Walls
Unit housed gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, members of the Clyde
Barrow and Bonnie Parker gang, and infamous drug cartel leader Fred
Carrasco. Built using convict labor, the Walls Unit was heralded as
a modern approach to incarceration in Texas. The prison dominated
the landscape of the town of Huntsville when it was built and
remains central to that community today.
The state of Texas, home to one of the largest prison systems in
the country, opened its first penitentiary in 1849. The Walls Unit
in Huntsville was the genesis of a prison system that became the
home of notorious convicts and the focus of much debate about
incarceration and the death penalty in the United States. The Walls
Unit housed gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, members of the Clyde
Barrow and Bonnie Parker gang, and infamous drug cartel leader Fred
Carrasco. Built using convict labor, the Walls Unit was heralded as
a modern approach to incarceration in Texas. The prison dominated
the landscape of the town of Huntsville when it was built and
remains central to that community today.
