The old Ellis Unit, where death row was housed from 1965 to 1999, had a wall opposite the cells where the sets could be installed.

In 1965 the male death row inmates moved to the Ellis Unit.

Hulin died in the Ellis Unit in 1997.

Martin Gurule escaped from the Texas Death Row at Ellis Unit in 1998.

While on death row, he was originally held at the Ellis Unit.

All 453 death row inmates in Texas are housed in the Ellis Unit.

Cuevas was held at the Ellis Unit, and he was executed on May 23, 1991.

Shannon Charles Thomas - transferred from Ellis Unit and executed on November 16, 2005.

Cameron Todd Willingham - transferred from Ellis Unit - executed on February 17, 2004.

This 1968 riot was the first at Ellis Unit and helped build solidarity among prisoners and gain the attention of outsiders.