United States · TX · Beeville
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State prison operated by Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ Region IV. Capacity ~2,956. Custody levels housed: G1-G5, Security Detention, Safekeeping, Transient.
Capacity
2,956
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1992
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Population held
male
Opened
1992
Region
TX
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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No major issues documented in our database.
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This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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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 system’s health care providers and told
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World Prisons. (2026). McConnell. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/william-g-mcconnell-unit
"McConnell." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/william-g-mcconnell-unit.
@misc{worldprisons-william-g-mcconnell-unit,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {McConnell},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/william-g-mcconnell-unit},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}