KTRE

Report: Man who killed teen beaten to death inside Polunsky unit

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...
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Four deaths in two weeks: What's behind the surge in violence at one Texas prison

High-security inmates at 19 prisons went on a weekslong lockdown last month after two prisoners were killed at the East Texas lockup that houses death row. Just outside of Livingston, the Polunsky ...
KVUE

Security breech on death row leads to statewide prison lockdown

HOUSTON - The Polunsky Unit is supposed to be the most secure place in Texas. It is death row and the place where more than 300 men are simply waiting to die. That is, unless someone breeches ...
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Texas death row prisoners spend decades in solitary confinement. A lawsuit wants to end that “cruel” treatment.

The Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, where male Texas death row prisoners are held in solitary confinement. (Texas Department Of Criminal Justice, Texas Department Of Criminal Justice) Sign up ...