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Wallace Unit is a state prison located in Mitchell County, Texas. Rated capacity: 1,448. Reported population: 1,121. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,448
Current population
1,121
Occupancy
77%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Operator
Texas Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Texas
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
The Wallace Pack Unit in Navasota, Texas, faces legal challenges regarding lethal heat conditions, with a class action suit seeking cooler temperatures. Statistics indicate that approximately four out of five people in Texas prison cells do not have air-conditioning.
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The facility is subject to a class action suit to force cooler conditions due to lethal heat, alongside wrongful death lawsuits. The lack of air-conditioning in the majority of Texas prison cells is cited as a systemic issue.
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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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Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
of Criminal 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
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World Prisons. (2026). Wallace Unit. Retrieved September 5, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wallace-unit
"Wallace Unit." World Prisons. Accessed September 5, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wallace-unit.
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title = {Wallace Unit},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-09-05}
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