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The James Jay H. Byrd Jr. Unit (DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville Texas. The 93 acres (38 ha) diagnostic unit established in May 1964 is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247. The prison was named after James H. Byrd a former prison warden.[citation needed]The facility is the TDCJ’s primary prisoner intake facility in Huntsville.
