John B. Connally Unit

The prison opened in July 1995. ==Notable inmates==

• The Texas Seven, who escaped in December 2000, and caused the death of Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins during a robbery. • Randy Ethan Halprin • Larry James Harper (committed suicide while on the run) • Patrick Henry Murphy, Jr. • Donald Keith Newbury (executed February 2, 2015) • George Rivas (ringleader, executed February 29, 2012) • Michael Anthony Rodriguez (declined appeals beyond mandatory, executed August 14, 2008) • Carlton Dotson, former Baylor Bears basketball player who pleaded guilty to the murder of Patrick Dennehy, his teammate • Bernie Tiede, mortician and convicted murderer who was the subject of the 2011 film Bernie • Raymond Ayala, Houston, Texas rapper better known as “Lil Bing”, convicted murder and rapper • Dennis Wayne Hope • Earl David Worden, first amendment auditor who was convicted of sexual assault of a child in 2022. • Taymor Travon McIntyre, better known by his stage name "Tay-K", convicted murder and former rapper • Francisco Oropeza, perpetrator of the 2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting. ==References==