The following link will take you to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. This is an enormous web site, but it would be good for you to become familiar with it.

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/

This link will take you to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/tbcj/tbcj-home.htm

This link will take you to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/bpp/

Prison Paper: stationery supplies for inmate - Serving Inmates and their Families with Unlimited Letters, Free Postcards, Letters for Kids, Stationery & More!

www.prisonpaper.com 

PrisonMail.org

YOU open a "PrisonMail Mailbox" (for $9.95 per month) for your loved one at PrisonMail.org. Anyone else you invite can join the mailbox at no charge.

YOU and EVERYONE YOU INVITE may login to PrisonMail.org anytime and write as many messages as you would like.

PRISONMAIL converts all of these messages, confidentially, to a printed letter of up to eight pages and mails it to your loved one...

Send Money to an Inmate

JPay.com:
Funds can be sent to your loved one’s commissary account through the
Inmate Trust Fund in Huntsville, preferably with one of the deposit
forms that can be picked up at the unit. However, if you are sending
the same amount every month, you may want to take advantage of the bank
draft form available from the Inmate Trust Fund. The benefit is that
you don't have to purchase a money order and then remember to get it in
the mail each month. And, it goes without saying that the loved one
appreciates knowing that there is a set amount in his/her commissary
account.

Send money to an inmate for as low as $1.95. Send before 2:00 PM M-F and the inmate account will be credited same day with www.jpay.com

Jorge Antonio Renaud - Parole Preparation

Providing individual and group consultations on Texas prison issues, in English and Spanish    

Web site:  http://exforgood.com/     

Reentry

We will soon add a Reentry page to our website.  Until then, information will be included on this family resources page.  The first entry concerns inmates leaving the system with HIV/AIDS.  We received a letter from AIDS Foundation Houston.  Please click on the attachment at the bottom of this page for more information.

Transportation to some TDCJ units:

First Class Transportation    210-219-7997  http://www.wearefirstclass.com/

Santa Rosa Travels   800-764-8621  http://www.santarosatravels.com/                            

Texas Inmate Express Services (TIES)   214-330-8400   http://prisonvisitation-roundtrips.info/

Hospitality Houses

Central Texas Hospitality House
For those who are visiting loved ones in the Gatesville area, a new welcome center has opened, offering a free snack and place to wait while awaiting a family visit. A Hospitality House will be completed in the months ahead, offering a free night’s stay for families of the 9000 inmates in that area. For more information call Bill Lewis, Central Texas Hospitality House at (254) 471-5759 or go to their web site:  http://www.cthhouse.org

See attachment below for information about other hospitality houses.