Talk:Texas Department of Criminal Justice

luther unit in navasota tx
i need directions and information about the luther unit in navasota tx. I plan on visiting an inmate and i want to make sure he will be able to have visitors this weekend.

I suggest anyone who has questions about visitation review the TDCJ website:. The site has updates on visitation. ShadowWriter (talk) 18:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

You can also call the unit the day before and or the day you intend to visit to check to see if there are any reasons visitation might be cancelled or to check to see if your vistee is there or able to receive visits. . Zerostatetechnologies (talk) 09:40, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Time frame
Is there any way to find out when an inmate will be transferred from County Jail to an Unit? And who will have his case? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Italkr2 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC).

Going to be making a series of Edits to this page
I am a former Offender (inmate in TDCJ). I will put as much pertinent information as I am able. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Species2112 (talk • contribs) 15:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

As a favor to those in need of information on any particular information regarding TDCJ or anything related to life in TDCJ feel free to post your question on this talk page and I will add it to the article. I feel like most of it has been covered though.Species2112 19:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

As a former Correctional Officer for TDCJ I can tell you that the term "guard" has no official staus within TDCJ and is borderline offensive. I've replaced all instances with "officer" or "correctional officer" which are the correct terms. Clay_Allison.

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The Difference
Is State Jail the same or different than prision in meaning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.172.35.38 (talk) 01:10, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * State jail is for short term offenders. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:08, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

State Jails and Prisons are different in "meaning" as well as "experience". Even among the prisons the meaning and experience can be remarkably different. Each prison serves at least one essential function for TDCJ-ID. Some serve many functions - and usually those are the prisons with multiple or large prison labor industries. There are psychiatric units, which function very differently than most prisons. There are medical units, which can be far more compassionate in the context of doing time than, some of the more basic units that might just have agricultural development as its primary function. A simple rule of thumb about the difference between Jails and Prisons is that in a Prison the offender has more opportunities and access to educational/recreational/ministerial and family interactions. State Jails are holding pens for human beings for 2 years or less. Zerostatetechnologies (talk) 07:51, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Reference: Behind the Walls
I found "Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates (North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series, 1)." by Jorge Antonio Renaud (University of North Texas Press) - It may be a good reference for this article. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:19, 6 May 2010 (UTC) - It is also available in Google Books. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Office directory and training facilities
Here is the TDCJ office directory: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/maintoc/annualdirectory.pdf

This one lists the various TDCJ training facilities: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/cotrain/ WhisperToMe (talk) 14:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Also the TDCJ Handbook for inmates in Spanish WhisperToMe (talk) 02:51, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

And http://sao.hr.state.tx.us/workforce/Plans/2006/696-plan-2006.pdf - States that the agency has admin HQ in both Austin and Huntsville. Other sources only say Huntsville. Secondary sources say Huntsville, so I only state that Huntsville has the HQ. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:30, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Misc
Addresses and phone numbers of TDCJ units: "Unit Information." TDCJ. Last updated on January 5, 2010.

Here is an archive of a TDCJ profile of Christina Melton Crain: http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/MayJune2003/features_v10no5.html WhisperToMe (talk) 15:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Also on another note I found: "Meeting the special needs of TDCJ’s youthful offenders." Office of the Independent Ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission. May 27, 2008. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:42, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Also Ward, Mike. "State officials consider closing some prisons." Austin American Statesman. Wednesday February 10, 2010 - If someone wants to write about Mineral Wells. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:40, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Another source Draper, Robert. "The Great Texas Prison Mess." Texas Monthly. May 1996. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Gist, Larry. "Whither the State Jail." Texas Prosecutor. March/April 1998 WhisperToMe (talk) 23:49, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/annualreview2006.pdf - 2006 Annual Review WhisperToMe (talk) 01:59, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/ombudsman/TDCJ_YOP_program.pdf - Meeting the special needs of TDCJ’s youthful offenders WhisperToMe (talk) 02:13, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Last meal requests
While the TDCJ seemingly no longer keeps statistics about last meal requests on its website, you can view archived ones from http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm - This page has the last list, with all of the last meal requests since 1982 until 2003 WhisperToMe (talk) 07:28, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Gatesville sign locations
Some locations of signs of women's prisons in Gatesville. I don't know what they are of (whether they are of Crain Unit or Hilltop Unit), but... WhisperToMe (talk) 03:27, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Along State School Road
 * Another along State School Road
 * I figured them out. They are all a part of the Crain Unit. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Polunsky info
I found: WhisperToMe (talk) 08:09, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Tomaso, Bruce. "ALLEN B. POLUNSKY." The Dallas Morning News. September 6, 1998.

Photo points
WhisperToMe (talk) 19:35, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
 * For Hodge and Skyview Units

Ad seg
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:22, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Schiller, Dane. "Some prisoners in solitary for years in Texas." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday August 23, 2011.

Just to be clear. Ad seg and solitary are generally considered to be two different things in the Texas Prison system. Solitary is consider to be a short term [*] punishment where as Ad Seg is more long term.ShadowWriter (talk) 22:24, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Schiller was discussing ad seg [*], according to the body of the article WhisperToMe (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

* Short Term = No more than 15 days in one punishment period. You can come out, commit a solitary confinement level offense again and go right back in the same day though.

Solitary Confinement is no longer used as punishment in TDCJ.


 * TDCJ has been lowering the population of Ad Seg and Super Seg, though TDCJ-ID may also use other terms. Solitary Confinement starts with the COs bagging up your property, doing an inventory of it and putting it in storage while you are confined. Generally Ad-Seg is similar to population in that those prisoners have property, mail, books, radios, commissary and other prison privileges, minus any group interaction.  Not all Ad-Seg prisoners are there as a form of punishment, some are there for protection.  Super Seg and the other more modern forms of this type of prisoner experience is either a form of super protection for the prisoner or for the staff and other prisoners.  The impact on a human's mind during these types of long isolation periods are significant and can be permanent - if you are ever faced with a choice to avoid this experience - avoid it. Zerostatetechnologies (talk) 01:10, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Agricultural program
WhisperToMe (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Antosh, Nelson. "Texas' prison-farm system grows into agricultural giant/Farmers in the cell." Houston Chronicle. Sunday November 26, 1995. Business 1.

county release
If someone has been in the county jail is Libbock Texas, why are they sent to Gatesville before they are released from county — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.198.245 (talk) 02:17, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It depends upon if they are in the custody of the state, or the county. AFAIK the state uses county jails to hold excess prisoners, but those prisoners are under state sentences. If they are under state sentences they are released according to state rules. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:58, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

The relationship between the County Jail and State Jails and State Prisons is the Justice System Itself. The District Judge that sentences you has the authority to send you to any of those based mostly on a formula of how much time you are doing and the type of crime you've committed. You have to go to Gatesville because that is the Regional Release Center for your area which is specifically designed to outprocess prisoners being released. County Jails are more complex in that they can hold pre-prisoners still going through the court process (innocent until proven guilty), or they've been brought back on an appeal, or they are federal prisoners being housed in the county jail waiting for transfer to federal custody. And even ICE detainees who haven't been released to ICE yet. There are other forms of jail besides State and County. Local Police also have a jail. Usually most of those prisoners will be transferred to a County Jail due to the nature of the crime and the type of court they are facing. I knew of one man who had written $55000 of bad checks. He stayed in the County Jail and went to court everyday to have $100 knocked off that amount each day until the 55000 was 0. Going to court everyday would be unbearable for most humans for that period of time. I don't know all the changes and evolution of the Municipal Justice in relation to the District Courts, but it is possible in the instance of the $55000 worth of misdemeanors this man had to pay off in jail, that he was most likely released from jail as the basic requirement to be in a State Jail or Prison would be to have committed some type of felony. Zerostatetechnologies (talk) 08:28, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

"Close connection"
I think the tag was added because of the account User:TDCJ Watch WhisperToMe (talk) 23:28, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * As the editor that added the tag, yes. I added it due to that user. If you don't think they're considered a 'major' contributor or even did substantial edits to it, then you can remove it without any fuss out of me. Tutelary (talk) 23:33, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

SAFPF article

 * Ruland, Patricia J. "Rehabilitation or Torture?" Austin Chronicle. May 23, 2008.

This talks about the SAFPF WhisperToMe (talk) 21:52, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

On prison rape in Texas by employees
WhisperToMe (talk) 15:07, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Santo, Alysia. "Texas: The Prison Rape Capital of the U.S." (Archive). Newsweek. June 20, 2015.

Imprisonment rates
WhisperToMe (talk) 07:14, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Jennings, Diane. "Thousands of Texas inmates held in administrative segregation–one for 24 years" (Archive). The Dallas Morning News. July 16, 2009.
 * Horswell, Cindy. "Treatment efforts credited as prison population slows." Houston Chronicle. Monday December 14, 2009.

I would like to get the address to the head of psychiatry in the women's facilities. I need my records from 2003 at the Burnet unit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.26.128.209 (talk) 12:34, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata list

 * List of TDCJ prisons in Wikidata: . -- M2545 (talk) 13:53, 20 February 2020 (UTC)