O. B. Ellis Unit (E1, previously Ellis I Unit[1]) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Walker County, Texas,[2] 12 miles (19 km) north of Huntsville. The unit, with about 11,427 acres (4,624 ha) of space, now houses up to 2,400 male prisoners.[3] Ellis is situated in a wooded area shared with the Estelle Unit, which is located 3 miles (4.8 km) away from Ellis.[4] From 1965 to 1999 it was the location of the State of Texas men's death row.
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O. B. EllisUnit (E1, previously Ellis I Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Walker County, Texas, 12 miles...
on their 2002 self-titled album. Steve Earle recorded "EllisUnit One" (after the EllisUnit) for the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. The song's lyrics focus...
murder. Garrett was tried and convicted of the crime. He was held at EllisUnit, north of Huntsville, Texas, which at the time held men on the State of...
EllisUnit, but was transferred to the Allan B. Polunsky Unit (formerly the Terrell Unit) in 1999. The site of his execution was the Huntsville Unit....
establish a set of world-class ELLIS institutes, each acting as the core of a local AI ecosystem. In addition to ELLISunits, a European network of top researchers...
Galveston. After Hulin turned 18 years of age, he was transferred to the EllisUnit in unincorporated Walker County, Texas. Hulin's father, Rodney Hulin Sr...
Texas Department of Criminal Justice #02139003, is housed at the O. B. EllisUnit outside Huntsville. Even with credit for time served in the Dallas County...
the EllisUnit, but was transferred to the Allan B. Polunsky Unit (formerly the Terrell Unit) in 1999. Garcia attempted to escape the EllisUnit death...
Barcelona, and Huntsville, Texas, such as Sam Houston State University, EllisUnit, The University of Texas at Austin, and Plaça Reial. Laura Linney said...
has recorded two other anti-death penalty songs: "Billy Austin", and "EllisUnit One" for the 1995 film Dead Man Walking.[citation needed] In 2010–2011...
1998, CB Commercial merged with Richard Ellis International (REI) Limited and changed its name to CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). In 2001, CBRE was acquired in...
death row, Willingham was initially incarcerated in the EllisUnit, and later in the Polunsky Unit. Willingham's case gained attention in December 2004,...
Wilson was initially located in the EllisUnit, but was transferred to the Allan B. Polunsky Unit (formerly the Terrell Unit) near Livingston, Texas in 1999...
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housing death row inmates in the Huntsville Unit. In 1965, the male death row inmates moved to the EllisUnit. In 1999, the male death row moved to Polunsky...
his conviction for kidnapping and rape, Reece was transferred to the EllisUnit to serve his sentence. In the early 2000s, he was compelled by law to...
Initially the men's death row was at EllisUnit, north of Huntsville, Texas, but in mid-1999 it moved to Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas. Vasquez's...
dismissed. Graham was held at the EllisUnit near Huntsville after the trial. In 2016 he was held at the Darrington Unit near Rosharon. As of 2018[update]...
to work—legally or illegally—on a farm (in the wide sense of a productive unit), usually for manual labor, largely in the open air, such as in agriculture...
Ellis Act, a landlord must terminate all residential tenancies and withdraw all "accommodations," which roughly means all "residential rental units."...
Huntsville Unit in 1928. In 1965, the male death-row inmates moved to the EllisUnit. In 1999, the male death row moved to Polunsky. In the 1923-1973 period...
authorities. The State of Texas housed its male death-row inmates at the EllisUnit near Huntsville, Texas. On July 13, 1999, he was moved into federal custody...
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