| 词条 | Wallace Pack Unit |
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| prison_name = Wallace Pack Unit | caption = | location = 2400 Wallace Pack Road Navasota, Texas 77868 | coordinates = {{coord|30|19|28|N|96|06|23|W|scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | status = Operational | classification = G1-G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty | capacity = Unit: 1,157 Trusty Camp: 321 | population = | populationdate = | opened = September 1983 | closed = | former_name = | managed_by = TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division | director = | governor = | warden = Robert Herrera | street-address = | county = Grimes County | postcode = | zip = | country = United States | website = {{URL|tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/p1.html|Official website}} | prisoners = }} The Wallace Pack Unit (P1) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison in unincorporated Grimes County, Texas, {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of Navasota. It is along Farm to Market Road 1227,[1] in proximity to Houston.[2] HistoryIt 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 {{convert|88|F|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] Prisoners also complained about the water provided in the prison, stating that it has arsenic. In June 2016 a federal judge ruled that the prison must provide safe drinking water.[5] A settlement to provide air conditioning was reached in 2018.[6] Notable prisoners
References1. ^1 "Pack Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on June 22, 2014. {{TDCJ-CID prisons}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pack, Wallace Unit}}2. ^1 Haynes, Danielle. "Texas inmates sue for air conditioning." United Press International. June 20, 2014. Retrieved on June 22, 2014. 3. ^Berryhill, Michael. "The Trials of Eroy Brown." The Texas Observer. November 1, 2011. 4. ^1 Ward, Mike. "New lawsuit: Prisons so hot, cell blocks like ovens." Houston Chronicle. June 18, 2014. Retrieved on June 22, 2014. 5. ^{{cite web|title=Judge Rules Texas Prison Must Provide Inmates With Safe-drinking Water|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/23/judge-rules-texas-prison-must-provide-inmates-with-safe-drinking-water.html|publisher=Fox News Channel|accessdate=27 September 2016|date=23 June 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/08/settlement-air-condition-hot-texas-prison-gets-final-judicial-approval/}} 7. ^"Turner, Keith Robert" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6e5zgGCTm Archive]). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015. 8. ^"Zeigler, Royce Clyde II" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6e5vOLjP5 Archive]). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on December 28, 2015. 3 : Buildings and structures in Grimes County, Texas|Prisons in Texas|1983 establishments in Texas |
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