TDCJ Policies

All written policies and certain other information about prisons and jails is available to you through Texas? Public Information Act. If you would like to obtain a TDCJ policy not listed here, you should write:

TDCJ Executive Services
P.O. Box 99
Huntsville, TX 77342-0099
Email: exec.services@tdcj.state.tx.us
Facisile: 936.437.2125

If you would like a policy from a jail, you should write the sheriff or police chief who operates the jail.

The prison or jail has ten business days to respond to you. If they do not respond, the information you asked for is presumed available to you. For help in getting the information you are entitled to, contact the the Attorney General's Open Government Division.

For More Information Regarding TDCJ Policies, please view the following pages:

Documents:
Sample TDCJ Open Records Request (pdf)
Open Records Statutes - TDCJ (pdf)
TDCJ Offender Grievance Program (pdf)

Links:
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Commission on Jail Standards
The Office of the Attorney General - Open Government
TDCJ General Information Guide for Families of Offenders

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