Many of the events described in the book The Trials of Eroy Brown took place outside Huntsville, Texas, a small town about an hour’s drive north of Houston that is surrounded by state prison facilities.
At the time of the events described in the book, Eroy Brown was being held at Ellis Unit, a prison farm facility northeast of Huntsville, which has a farm campus that abuts the Trinity River.
Huntsville is a small town and is ringed by state prison facilities. It is also home to Huntsville Unit, often called “The Walls,” a 150-year-old prison at which the state of Texas performs executions.
