Editing Huntsville, Texas (section)

===State representation===

====Texas Department of Criminal Justice====
[[File:HuntsvilleUnitHuntsvilleTX.jpg|thumb|The [[Huntsville Unit]], a [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]-operated prison in Huntsville, the home of the state's execution chamber]]

Huntsville has the headquarters of the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] (TDCJ), the Texas agency that operates state correctional facilities for adults.<ref name="NPR">"[https://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/sep/huntsville/010910.huntsville.html Huntsville Prison Blues]". [[National Public Radio]]. September 10, 2001. Retrieved on December 2, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/announcements/announcement-livingston-exec-dir.htm LIVINGSTON NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STATE'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125195339/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/announcements/announcement-livingston-exec-dir.htm |date=January 25, 2010}}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. July 28, 2005. Retrieved on December 2, 2009.</ref> The Texas prison system has been headquartered in Huntsville since Texas's founding as a republic, and the TDCJ is the only major state agency not headquartered in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], the state capital.<ref name="Ryckman">Ryckman, Lisa Levitt. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104163315/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67732663.html Article: A RECORD YEAR FOR EXECUTIONS IN TEXAS HUNTSVILLE RESIDENTS PREFER NOT TO DISCUSS THE DEATHS.(News/National/International)]". ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''. August 31, 1997. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.</ref>

Several TDCJ prisons for men, including the [[Byrd Unit]],<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/du.htm Byrd Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725200942/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/du.htm |date=July 25, 2010}}". [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> the [[Goree Unit]],<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/gr.htm Goree Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201152/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/gr.htm |date=July 25, 2010}}". [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> the [[Huntsville Unit]] (home of the state's execution chamber),<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hv.htm Huntsville Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330015208/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hv.htm |date=March 30, 2008}}". [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> and the [[Wynne Unit]], are within Huntsville's city limits.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/wy.htm Wynne Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201511/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/wy.htm |date=July 25, 2010}}". [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> The [[Holliday Unit]], a transfer unit, is also in Huntsville.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/nf.htm Holliday Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201245/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/nf.htm |date=July 25, 2010}}". [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on July 13, 2010.</ref>

The TDCJ Central Region Warehouse and Huntsville Prison Store are in the TDCJ headquarters complex.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-central-rgn--warehs.htm Central Region Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712211448/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-central-rgn--warehs.htm |date=July 12, 2010}}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-htv-prison-store.htm Huntsville Prison Store] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714154154/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-htv-prison-store.htm |date=July 14, 2009}}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref> The Food Service Warehouse is behind the Wynne Unit.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-food-svc-warehs.htm Food Service Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706002753/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-food-svc-warehs.htm |date=July 6, 2009}}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref> The TDCJ operates the Huntsville District Parole Office in Huntsville.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff1.htm Parole Division Region I] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130938/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff1.htm |date=September 28, 2011}}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref>

As of 1996, the TDCJ director resided in a mansion across the street from the Huntsville Unit.<ref name=Draper/>

====Other state agencies====
The headquarters of the [[Texas Forensic Science Commission]] is located at Sam Houston State University.<ref>"[http://www.fsc.state.tx.us/contact.html Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514171607/http://www.fsc.state.tx.us/contact.html |date=May 14, 2011}}." [[Texas Forensic Science Commission]]. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.</ref>