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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region I. Capacity ~1,426. Custody levels housed: G1-G3, Security Detention, Outside Trusty.

Capacity

1,426

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1983

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1983

Region

TX

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

The Wallace Pack Unit faces severe heat issues, with approximately four out of five prison cells in Texas lacking air-conditioning. A class-action lawsuit alleges that the facility failed to provide cooler conditions, contributing to lethal tolls during hot weather.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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

Known issues

The facility is subject to a class-action lawsuit regarding inadequate protection from COVID-19 and failure to properly quarantine prisoners. Additionally, wrongful death lawsuits are pending, alleging that lethal heat conditions contributed to inmate deaths.

Notable inmates

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

2400 Wallace Pack Road, Navasota 77868
(936) 825-3728
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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

10/100
Low concern10/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record
  • · In-custody-death signal in sources

This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 1426 · peers avg: 547 (+161%)

Reports

  • marshall-project30 Jun 2021

    a class-action lawsuit accusing Texas of inadequately protecting them from the virus, said the failure to properly quarantine prisoners was key to the spread of COVID-19 at Texas’ Pack Unit. While staff would isolate those who tested positive for two weeks, they considered prisoners “recovered” when the quarantine period ended, regardless of whether prisoners were showing symptoms. “They were

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  • marshall-project11 Oct 2017

    nal Justice is facing numerous wrongful death lawsuits, one of them mounted by Robert Allen Webb’s family, along with a class action suit to force cooler conditions at the Wallace Pack Unit in Navasota, about 70 miles northwest of Houston. In Texas prison cells, about 4 of 5 people do not have air-conditioning. SOURCE: Marshall Project Analysis of TDCJ statistics The state has claimed that

    source

Data completeness

78%

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@misc{worldprisons-wallace-pack-unit,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Pack},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wallace-pack-unit},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}