The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit (DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247."Byrd Unit ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. The prison was named after James H. Byrd, a former prison warden.
The facility is the TDCJ's primary prisoner intake facility in Huntsville."More than 500,000 prisoners transported annually Bus Stop: Transportation officers keep offender traffic moving ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. March/April 2005. Retrieved on October 26, 2010. All male death row offenders and male offenders with life imprisonment without parole enter the TDCJ system through Byrd. From there, the inmates with life without parole sentences go on to their assigned facilities."Life without parole offenders face a lifetime of tight supervision ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 7, 2010. Male death row offenders go on to the Allan B. Polunsky Unit."Death Row Facts ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.
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Unit information by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice