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Garza West

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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region IV. Capacity ~2,278. Custody levels housed: G1-G3, Transient.

Background

Garza West Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, near the city of Beeville. It is co-located with the Garza East Unit. The facility is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, administered as within Region IV. The facility is classified as a Transfer Facility that houses adult male inmates convicted of felonies and state jail felonies. The inmates are housed temporarily after their transfer from county jails and are held no longer than two years, as per Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy.

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Capacity

2,278

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1994

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1994

Region

TX

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

The Marshall Project reported that the mumps disease outbreak spread to the Garza West Unit in Texas during the 2017-2018 season.

Contact & address

4250 Highway 202, Beeville 78102
(361) 358-9890
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 2278 · peers avg: 547 (+316%)

Reports

  • marshall-project30 Apr 2020

    ad mumps season struck Texas . After spreading west from Arkansas, the disease cropped up at three South Texas prisons north of Corpus Christi and near McAllen: Lopez State Jail, Garza West Unit and the 2,900-person McConnell Unit. That June, representatives from a different worker union—a branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—showed up at a meeting of the

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Data completeness

68%

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@misc{worldprisons-garza-west-unit,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Garza West},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/garza-west-unit},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}