Wynne Unit
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.Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
- Type: Prison
- Description: American prison
- Also known as: “John M. Wynne Unit”, “TDCJ Wynne”, “WY”, and “Wynne prison”
- Address: 810 FM 2821, Huntsville, TX 77349
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huntsville Regional Airport and Texas Prison Museum.
Huntsville Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport, also known as Huntsville Municipal Airport, is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Huntsville, a city in Walker County, Texas, United States.
Texas Prison Museum
Museum
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
The Texas Prison Museum is located in Huntsville, Texas. The non-profit museum features the history of the prison system in Texas. There are many different artifacts in the museum, including an electric chair named "Old Sparky" that was formerly used from 1924 to 1964 as the primary means of execution. Texas Prison Museum is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Wynne Unit.
Huntsville Unit
Prison
Photo: Nick DiFonzo, CC BY 2.0.
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 2 miles southeast of Wynne Unit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntsville.
Huntsville
Photo: Foeniz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Wynne Unit
- Categories: state prison and government building
- Location: Walker, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.74109° or 30° 44′ 28″ northLongitude
-95.57678° or 95° 34′ 36″ westOpen location code
8626PCRF+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 288859372OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q8040212
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Wynne Unit” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “وحدة وين”
- French: “Wynne Unit”
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