HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- A fire at the Texas State ... flames and smoke coming from the prison, also known as the "Walls Unit." The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said the fire started ...

Two escaped inmates were captured over 300 miles away in Huntsville, Texas. They were extradited back to Louisiana.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) -An inmate’s recent escape from the Huntsville Unit has sparked questions ... using a makeshift rope to scale the prison walls. Moments later, he allegedly stole a ...

Two more escapees from the New Orleans Parish Jail are now in custody after officials say they were captured in Southeast ...

Two inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans on May 16 were apprehended Monday in Huntsville ...

It happens at Texas' oldest prison, the Huntsville Unit, known better as "The Walls." "Old Sparky," the electric chair that executed 361 prisoners between 1924 and 1964, has been consigned to the ...

Authorities shared an update after a fire at the Walls Unit at the Huntsville, Texas, prison on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

Fifty years ago last month, prisoner Fred Gomez Carrasco and an accomplice, Rudolfo Dominguez, died in a shoot-out during an attempted prison break at the Huntsville “Walls” Unit. Tragically ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court halted ... cell a few feet from America’s busiest death chamber at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, waiting for certainty over whether he would be ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Two escapees from the Orleans Parish Jail were captured in Southeast Texas on Monday. On Tuesday, they made their first court appearance. According to the Louisiana State ...