TDCJ

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, also known as TDCJ, manages offenders in private correctional facilities and state prisons and jails. It operates a victim services division that provides victim notification solutions. The department also manages a correctional institutions division that is responsible for the confinement of adult felonies. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice administers substance abuse treatment program. Its business and finance division operates budget and commissary and trust fund departments. The department also manages administrative review and risk management division that conducts a offender grievance program.

The Thomas Goree Unit, located in Huntsville, TX, is a correctional facility established in 1907 and currently housing up to 1,000 male inmates across various custody levels. The unit offers a range of programs and services including educational opportunities, medical care, agricultural operations, and community work projects. Managed by Senior Warden Cynthia Tilley, the Goree Unit also provides special treatment programs such as the Sex Offender Treatment Program, faith-based initiatives, and reentry planning to support inmate rehabilitation and successful reintegration into society.Generated from the website

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice manages offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities that contract with it. The agency also provides funding and oversight of community supervision, previously known as adult probation, and is responsible for the supervision of offenders released from prison on parole or mandatory supervision. It is governed by a nine-member board appointed by the governor. The agency s rehabilitation and reentry programs division administers various programs that emphasis on the rehabilitation and re-entry of offenders into the community. Its victim services division provides various services, such as toll-free number for victims and their families, victim offender mediation and dialogue, victim notification, automated victim notification system and prison tours. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is located in Huntsville, Texas.