Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit
The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The 93 acres diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is 1 mile north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in Huntsville, Texas
- Also known as: “Byrd prison”, “James ‘Jay’ H. Byrd Unit”, “James H. Byrd Jr. Unit”, “James H. Byrd, Jr. Unit”, and “TDCJ Byrd”
- Address: 21 Farm-to-Market Road 247, Huntsville, TX 77320
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huntsville Unit and Texas Department of Criminal Justice John M Wynne Unit.
Huntsville Unit
Prison
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Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit, nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Huntsville Unit is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice John M Wynne Unit
Prison
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The John M. Wynne Unit is a men's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, located in northern Huntsville, Texas, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2821 West and Texas State Highway 75 North. Texas Department of Criminal Justice John M Wynne Unit is situated 1¼ miles west of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit.
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Museum
Sam Houston Memorial Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntsville.
Huntsville
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Huntsville is a small city of about 45,000 residents, located in Walker County, part of the Piney Woods region of Texas. Huntsville is famous as the home of Texas hero, General Sam Houston with an enormous statue of Sam Houston next to Interstate 45, it's famous as a prison town, and is also home to Sam Houston State University.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit
- Categories: government agency and government building
- Location: Walker, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.73739° or 30° 44′ 15″ northLongitude
-95.55541° or 95° 33′ 20″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Operator
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions DivisionOpen location code
8626PCPV+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 288833627OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonGeoNames ID
9680112Wikidata ID
Q6135106
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- Egyptian Arabic: “چيمس اتش بيرد الابن”
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