Wallace Pack Unit
| Location |
2400 Wallace Pack Road Navasota, Texas 77868 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 30°19′28″N 96°06′23″W / 30.32444°N 96.10639°WCoordinates: 30°19′28″N 96°06′23″W / 30.32444°N 96.10639°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | G1-G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty |
| Capacity |
Unit: 1,157 Trusty Camp: 321 |
| Opened | September 1983 |
| Managed by | TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division |
| Warden | Robert Herrera |
| County | Grimes County |
| Country | United States |
| Website |
tdcj |
The Wallace Pack Unit (P1) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison in unincorporated Grimes County, Texas, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Navasota. It is along Farm to Market Road 1227,[1] in proximity to Houston.[2]
It opened in September 1983[1] and is named after Wallace Pack, warden of Ellis Unit who was drowned in 1981.[3]
As of 2014 the prison has hundreds of elderly prisoners above the age of 60.[4] In 2014 Jeff Edwards, an Austin civil rights lawyer, filed a lawsuit against the TDCJ on behalf of Pack Unit prisoners. They argue that the unit's temperature is at dangerous levels and that it needs to be lowered to 88 °F (31 °C).[2] The suit was filed at a federal courthouse in Houston. The four plaintiffs have disabilities and medical conditions amplified by extreme heat. They compared cell blocks to ovens and argued that tables are too hot to touch.[4]
Notable prisoners
- Keith Robert Turner - perpetrator of the 2006 Harris County, Texas hate crime assault[5]
- Royce Zeigler - perpetrator of the Murder of Riley Ann Sawyers[6]
References
- 1 2 "Pack Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on June 22, 2014.
- 1 2 Haynes, Danielle. "Texas inmates sue for air conditioning." United Press International. June 20, 2014. Retrieved on June 22, 2014.
- ↑ Berryhill, Michael. "The Trials of Eroy Brown." The Texas Observer. November 1, 2011.
- 1 2 Ward, Mike. "New lawsuit: Prisons so hot, cell blocks like ovens." Houston Chronicle. June 18, 2014. Retrieved on June 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Turner, Keith Robert" (Archive). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Zeigler, Royce Clyde II" (Archive). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
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