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Bowie County,

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''. June 16, 2011. Retrieved on January 20, 2016. The Telford Unit is operated by

Correctional Institutions Division, administered within Region II.

History

On July 11, 1997, William Speer (then TDCJ#668485), killed a 47-year old prisoner in his cell. Speer was sentenced to death and became TDCJ#999398. He is now in the

Polunsky Unit Allan B. Polunsky Unit (TL, formerly the Terrell Unit) is a prison in West Livingston, unincorporated Polk County, Texas, United States, located approximately southwest of Livingston along Farm to Market Road 350. - Note the 2010 U.S. Censu ...

. His co-defendant Anibal Canales was also sentenced to death. On April 1, 1999, a prisoner named Lee Andrew Taylor,Taylor, Lee Andrew
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''. September 16, 2014. Retrieved on January 20, 2016. fatally stabbed prisoner, Donta Green, in a dayroom. Taylor was a member of the

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("security threat group" in TDCJ parlance) and the death was a result of racial tension. Taylor (TDCJ #765153 as a non-death row inmate) was serving a life sentence for aggravated robbery; The prisoner stated that the stabbing was self-defense. However Taylor was sentenced to death, and moved to the Polunsky Unit. He (TDCJ #999344 as a death row inmate) was executed at the

Huntsville Unit Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Ins ...

on June 16, 2011. On July 15, 2015, Officer Timothy Davison was beaten to death by an inmate he was escorting back to his cell. The inmate managed to free his hand from his handcuffs and grabbed the officer's slot pry tool and beat him in the head with it. The accused inmate, Billy Joel Tracy, 38, who has a history of violent behavior, was sentenced to death in November 2017 for the crime.

Notable inmates

Bernie Tiede Bernhardt Tiede II (; born August 2, 1958) is an American mortician who was convicted of the November 19, 1996 murder of his companion, wealthy 81-year-old widow Marjorie "Marge" Nugent, in Carthage, Texas. He was 38 at the time of the murder. ...

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References

External links

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