Holliday, one of the largest transfer facilities in Texas, is across the street from the Texas Prison Museum.[3] Holliday is one of two prisons in the TDCJ that, as of 2003, is named after an African-American.[4]
Richard Watkins, a senior African-American prison warden, lead an effort to have a prison named for C. A. Holliday, an African-American community activist and pastor in the Huntsville area. Watkins sent many letters to Governor of TexasAnn Richards, asking her to name a prison after Holliday.[4] The $30 million Holliday Unit, with a capacity of around 2,000 beds,[5] opened in January 1994.[2] Cigarette smoking at Holliday was forbidden since the facility's opening, while a TDCJ-wide smoking ban, stemming from a November 18, 1994 Texas Board of Criminal Justice unanimous decision to forbid smoking at all TDCJ facilities, began on March 1, 1995.[5]
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Holliday, an industrial-scale complex, has sheet metal siding and low sloping roofs. Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, said that the "hastily-constructed" transfer unit "looks like an assemblage of discount tire outlets," and that the only features that indicate that it is a prison is the razor wire and guard towers. Jim Willett, a Huntsville resident and a former warden, said that Holliday is "a giant tin barn that serves as Texas's prison purgatory, the place you go between jail and the real thing."[3]
^ abPower, Stephen. "At tobacco-free prison, a smoke's expensive." The Baltimore Sun. December 18, 1994. 2A. Retrieved on July 23, 2010. "But after 10 months the $30 million 2000bed Holliday Unit has one problem guards and inmates say Tobacco is still getting in."
holliday, transfer, facility, holliday, transfer, facility, tdcj, identification, code, also, referred, holliday, transfer, unit, texas, department, criminal, justice, transfer, facility, located, huntsville, texas, holliday, along, interstate, miles, north, t. The Holliday Transfer Facility TDCJ Identification Code NF also referred to as the Holliday Transfer Unit 1 is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facility for men located in Huntsville Texas Holliday is along Interstate 45 and 5 miles 0 80 km north of Texas State Highway 30 The unit on a 1 412 acre 571 ha plot of land is co located with the Wynne Unit 2 Holliday Unit in Huntsville Texas Aerial photograph of the Holliday Wynne and Byrd units and the Huntsville Municipal Airport U S Geological Survey January 23 1995 Holliday one of the largest transfer facilities in Texas is across the street from the Texas Prison Museum 3 Holliday is one of two prisons in the TDCJ that as of 2003 is named after an African American 4 Contents 1 History 2 Facility 3 References 4 External linksHistory editRichard Watkins a senior African American prison warden lead an effort to have a prison named for C A Holliday an African American community activist and pastor in the Huntsville area Watkins sent many letters to Governor of Texas Ann Richards asking her to name a prison after Holliday 4 The 30 million Holliday Unit with a capacity of around 2 000 beds 5 opened in January 1994 2 Cigarette smoking at Holliday was forbidden since the facility s opening while a TDCJ wide smoking ban stemming from a November 18 1994 Texas Board of Criminal Justice unanimous decision to forbid smoking at all TDCJ facilities began on March 1 1995 5 Facility editHolliday an industrial scale complex has sheet metal siding and low sloping roofs Robert Perkinson author of Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire said that the hastily constructed transfer unit looks like an assemblage of discount tire outlets and that the only features that indicate that it is a prison is the razor wire and guard towers Jim Willett a Huntsville resident and a former warden said that Holliday is a giant tin barn that serves as Texas s prison purgatory the place you go between jail and the real thing 3 References edit Holliday Unit officer Stalinsky best dad in the universe Archived 2011 02 20 at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice September October 2007 Retrieved on September 26 2010 a b Holliday Unit Archived 2017 08 06 at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice a b Perkinson Robert Texas Tough The Rise of America s Prison Empire First Edition Metropolitan Books 2010 32 ISBN 978 0 8050 8069 8 a b King Joyce Hate Crime The Story of a Dragging in Jasper Texas Random House Inc 2002 105 Retrieved from Google Books on November 3 2010 ISBN 0 375 42132 7 ISBN 978 0 375 42132 7 a b Power Stephen At tobacco free prison a smoke s expensive The Baltimore Sun December 18 1994 2A Retrieved on July 23 2010 But after 10 months the 30 million 2000bed Holliday Unit has one problem guards and inmates say Tobacco is still getting in External links edit nbsp Texas portal Holliday Unit Texas Department of Criminal Justice 30 43 39 N 95 35 00 W 30 72750 N 95 58333 W 30 72750 95 58333 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title C A Holliday Transfer Facility amp oldid 1145164566, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
