[4K] Texas State Penitentiary - Huntsville Unit - "Walls Unit" Huntsville, Texas

hey what's up everybody we are in huntsville texas just got off 5 45 interstate 45 we are on 11th street got about one more we're rolling through downtown now and we are coming up to huntsville unit texas state penitentiary nicknamed the walls you'll see why here in just a minute this was one of my most requested and most watched videos from a couple years back so figured i'd revisit and take y'all with me some people call this prison the execution capital of texas this is where the electric chair was old sparky here it is get the guard towers and those walls probably can't see it from the uh this guy's gonna let me go probably can't see it from the viewpoint on the camera but those walls are 40 feet got another guard up here guard towers have barbed wire around them there's a gate there on the staircase go up here and loop around before we do a u-turn just want to point out straight ahead is sam houston state university bearcats go bearcats got a fraternity house here just a block from the the walls unit to my left we're gonna loop back around so we're coming back up here on avenue i i'm going to take a right on to 14th street and see how how many steps there if you pause it you can count get a good idea of how how high up that watch tower is and so we've got some inmates up here tailor shop to the right smoke coming out the pipes so building something working on something there i don't don't see any guards so must be uh i don't know good behavior let me know in the comments here's a view from the other side i'm gonna go right up to the front more inmates walking around this must be employee and staff parking here got a guard and an inmate rolling around in a gator we're turning on to this one-way street here where the front doors are got some residential housings here i don't know if that's uh i don't know staff warden i no idea you can see even they've even got some enclosures above the walls so you'd have to climb inverted i guess in the attempt that you were going to try to climb over the wall and the front right here onto the unit a little bumpy and that is a full tour nice guards waving here texas department of criminal justice is hiring there's a sign out and that'll do it see y'all next time

Channel: Brit Trips

Views: 72,476

Keywords: Huntsville prison, walls unit huntsville, texas state penitentiary, electric chair prison, prison death row, inside death row, inside huntsville prison, prison huntsville tx, huntsville texas prison, prison tx, walls unit prison, the walls prison, huntsville tx prisons, electric chair, history of death sentence, death sentence, texas prison system, prison tour, touring prisons, huntsville unit texas prison, texas prison tour

Id: Kn7TPo1s3JI

Length: 5min 5sec (305 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 15 2021