United States · TX · Navasota
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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
Population held
male
Opened
1983
Region
TX
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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No visiting information available.
No mailing information available.
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No major issues documented in our database.
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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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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
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
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World Prisons. (2026). Pack. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wallace-pack-unit
"Pack." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wallace-pack-unit.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Pack},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wallace-pack-unit},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}